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SB 2761

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Summary

SB 2761, “SCH CD-TRAINING-SERVICE ANIMAL”, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 13, 2026 by Sen. Doris Turner (D) with 3 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jul 24, 2026: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0628.

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SB 2761 has 3 co-sponsors and 4 roll calls.

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	SB2761 - 104th General Assembly
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    AN ACT concerning education.
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
10-22.39 as follows:
    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
    Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs.
    (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers,
administrators, and school support personnel.
    (b) In addition to other topics at in-service training
programs listed in this Section, teachers, administrators, and
school support personnel who work with pupils must be trained
in the following topics: health conditions of students;
social-emotional learning; developing cultural competency;
identifying warning signs of mental illness and suicidal
behavior in youth; domestic and sexual violence and the needs
of expectant and parenting youth; protections and
accommodations for students; educator ethics; responding to
child sexual abuse and grooming behavior; and effective
instruction in violence prevention and conflict resolution.
In-service training programs in these topics shall be credited
toward hours of professional development required for license
renewal as outlined in subsection (e) of Section 21B-45.
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    School support personnel may be exempt from in-service
training if the training is not relevant to the work they do.
    Nurses and school nurses, as defined by Section 10-22.23,
are exempt from training required in subsection (b-5).
    Beginning July 1, 2024, all teachers, administrators, and
school support personnel shall complete training as outlined
in Section 10-22.39 during an in-service training program
conducted by their school board or through other training
opportunities, including, but not limited to, institutes under
Section 3-11. Such training must be completed within 6 months
of employment by a school board and renewed at least once every
5 years, unless required more frequently by other State or
federal law or in accordance with this Section. If teachers,
administrators, or school support personnel obtain training
outside of an in-service training program or from a previous
public school district or nonpublic school employer, they may
present documentation showing current compliance with this
subsection to satisfy the requirement of receiving training
within 6 months of first being employed. Training may be
delivered through online, asynchronous means.
    (b-5) Training regarding health conditions of students for
staff required by this Section shall include, but is not
limited to:
        (1) (Blank).
        (2) Anaphylactic reactions and management. Such
    training shall be conducted by persons with expertise in
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    anaphylactic reactions and management.
        (3) The management of asthma, the prevention of asthma
    symptoms, and emergency response in the school setting.
        (4) The basics of seizure recognition and first aid
    and appropriate emergency protocols. Such training must be
    fully consistent with the best practice guidelines issued
    by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
        (5) The basics of diabetes care, how to identify when
    a student with diabetes needs immediate or emergency
    medical attention, and whom to contact in the case of an
    emergency.
        (6) Current best practices regarding the
    identification and treatment of attention deficit
    hyperactivity disorder.
        (7) Instruction on how to respond to an incident
    involving life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable,
    how to use a school's trauma kit. Beginning with the
    2024-2025 school year, training on life-threatening
    bleeding must be completed within 6 months of the employee
    first being employed by a school board and renewed within
    2 years. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, the
    training must be completed within 6 months of the employee
    first being employed by a school board and renewed at
    least once every 5 years thereafter. School district
    employees who are trained to respond to trauma pursuant to
    this subsection (b-5) shall be immune from civil liability
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    in the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes
    willful or wanton misconduct.
    In consultation with professional organizations with
expertise in student health issues, including, but not limited
to, asthma management, anaphylactic reactions, seizure
recognition, and diabetes care, the State Board of Education
shall make available resource materials for educating school
personnel about student health conditions and emergency
response in the school setting.
    A school board may satisfy the life-threatening bleeding
training under this subsection by using the training,
including online training, available from the American College
of Surgeons or any other similar organization.
    (b-10) The training regarding social-emotional learning
for staff required by this Section may include, at a minimum,
providing education to all school personnel about the content
of the Illinois Social and Emotional Learning Standards, how
those standards apply to everyday school interactions, and
examples of how social emotional learning can be integrated
into instructional practices across all grades and subjects.
    (b-15) The training regarding developing cultural
competency for staff required by this Section shall include,
but is not limited to, understanding and reducing implicit
bias, including implicit racial bias. As used in this
subsection, "implicit racial bias" has the meaning set forth
in Section 10-20.61.
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    (b-20) The training regarding identifying warning signs of
mental illness, trauma, and suicidal behavior in youth for
staff required by this Section shall include, but is not
limited to, appropriate intervention and referral techniques,
including resources and guidelines as outlined in Section
2-3.166, and must include the definitions of trauma,
trauma-responsive learning environments, and whole child set
forth in subsection (b) of Section 3-11 of this Code.
    Illinois Mental Health First Aid training, established
under the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act, may
satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
    If teachers, administrators, or school support personnel
obtain mental health first aid training outside of an
in-service training program, they may present a certificate of
successful completion of the training to the school district
to satisfy the requirements of this subsection. Training
regarding the implementation of trauma-informed practices
under subsection (b) of Section 3-11 satisfies the
requirements of this subsection.
    (b-25) As used in this subsection:
    "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household
member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are
defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act
of 1986.
    "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking
of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of
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1961 or in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50,
11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 2012, including
sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to
the victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who
are known or related by blood or marriage to the victim.
    The training regarding domestic and sexual violence and
the needs of expectant and parenting youth for staff required
by this Section must be conducted by persons with expertise in
domestic and sexual violence and the needs of expectant and
parenting youth, and shall include, but is not limited to:
        (1) communicating with and listening to youth victims
    of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and parenting
    youth;
        (2) connecting youth victims of domestic or sexual
    violence and expectant and parenting youth to appropriate
    in-school services and other agencies, programs, and
    services as needed;
        (3) implementing the school district's policies,
    procedures, and protocols with regard to such youth,
    including confidentiality; at a minimum, school personnel
    must be trained to understand, provide information and
    referrals, and address issues pertaining to youth who are
    parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or
    sexual violence; and
        (4) procedures for responding to incidents of teen
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    dating violence that take place at the school, on school
    grounds, at school-sponsored activities, or in vehicles
    used for school-provided transportation as outlined in
    Section 27-240 of this Code.
    (b-30) The training regarding protections and
accommodations for students shall include, but is not limited
to, instruction on (i) the federal Americans with Disabilities
Act, as it pertains to the school environment, including, but 
not limited to, service animals, and (ii) homelessness.
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, training on
homelessness must be completed within 6 months of an employee
first being employed by a school board and renewed within 2
years. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, the training
must be completed within 6 months of the employee first being
employed by a school board and renewed at least once every 5
years thereafter. Training on homelessness shall include the
following:
        (1) the definition of homeless children and youths
    under 42 U.S.C. 11434a;
        (2) the signs of homelessness and housing insecurity;
        (3) the rights of students experiencing homelessness
    under State and federal law;
        (4) the steps to take when a homeless or
    housing-insecure student is identified; and
        (5) the appropriate referral techniques, including the
    name and contact number of the school or school district
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    homeless liaison.
    School boards may work with a community-based organization
that specializes in working with homeless children and youth
to develop and provide the training.
    (b-35) The training regarding educator ethics and
responding to child sexual abuse and grooming behavior shall
include, but is not limited to, teacher-student conduct,
school employee-student conduct, and evidence-informed
training on preventing, recognizing, reporting, and responding
to child sexual abuse and grooming as outlined in Section
10-23.13.
    (b-40) The training regarding effective instruction in
violence prevention and conflict resolution required by this
Section shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements
of Section 27-115 of this Code.
    (b-45) Beginning July 1, 2024, all nonpublic elementary
and secondary school teachers, administrators, and school
support personnel shall complete the training set forth in
subsection (b-5). Training must be completed within 6 months
of first being employed by a nonpublic school and renewed at
least once every 5 years, unless required more frequently by
other State or federal law. If nonpublic teachers,
administrators, or school support personnel obtain training
from a public school district or nonpublic school employer,
the teacher, administrator, or school support personnel may
present documentation to the nonpublic school showing current
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compliance with this subsection to satisfy the requirement of
receiving training within 6 months of first being employed.
    (c) (Blank).
    (d) (Blank).
    (e) (Blank).
    (f) (Blank).
    (g) (Blank).
    (h) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall
conduct in-service training on homelessness for all school
personnel. The training shall include:
        (1) the definition of homeless children and youth
    under Section 11434a of Title 42 of the United States
    Code;
        (2) the signs of homelessness and housing insecurity;
        (3) the rights of students experiencing homelessness
    under State and federal law;
        (4) the steps to take when a homeless or
    housing-insecure student is identified; and
        (5) the appropriate referral techniques, including the
    name and contact number of the school or school district
    homeless liaison.
    A school board may work with a community-based
organization that specializes in working with homeless
children and youth to develop and provide the training.
(Source: P.A. 103-41, eff. 8-20-24; 103-128, eff. 6-30-23;
103-413, eff. 1-1-24; 103-542, eff. 7-1-24 (see Section 905 of
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P.A. 103-563 for effective date of P.A. 103-542); 103-603,
eff. 1-1-25; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 104-391, eff. 8-15-25.)

Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning in-service training programs, provides that the instruction on the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, as it pertains to the school environment, includes, without limitation, service animals.

Sponsors

Sen. Doris Turner (D) sponsors SB 2761, and 3 members have co-sponsored it.

Committees

SB 2761 went before 4 committees: Assignments, Education, Rules and Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School.

Assignments
Assignments
Referred to · Jan 13, 2026
Education
Education
Referred to · Feb 3, 2026
Rules
Rules
Referred to · Apr 22, 2026 · 5,290 Bills
Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School
Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School
Referred to · Apr 27, 2026

History

SB 2761 has taken 31 actions since Jan 13, 2026, the latest on Jul 24, 2026.

ChamberAction
Jul 24, 2026
Senate
Governor Approved
Jul 24, 2026
Senate
Effective Date January 1, 2027
Jul 24, 2026
Senate
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0628
Jun 18, 2026
Senate
Sent to the Governor
May 30, 2026
Senate
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro

Votes

SB 2761 went to 4 roll calls across both chambers, the latest on May 21, 2026 at 79–25.

ChamberQuestion
Yea
Nay
May 21, 2026
House
House Third Reading
79
25
May 6, 2026
House
House Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter Committee
9
0
Mar 3, 2026
Senate
Senate Education Committee
12
0
Mar 3, 2026
Senate
Senate Education Committee
12
0

Source: ilga.gov · legiscan.com