(105 ILCS 5/27-1020) (was 105 ILCS 5/27-17)
    Sec. 27-1020. Safety education. School boards of public schools and all boards in charge of educational institutions supported wholly or partially by the State may provide instruction in safety education in all grades and include such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.
    In this Section, "safety education" means and includes instruction in the following:
        1. automobile safety, including traffic regulations,
    
highway safety, and the consequences of alcohol consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle;
        2. safety in the home, including safe gun storage;
        3. safety in connection with recreational activities;
        4. safety in and around school buildings;
        5. safety in connection with vocational work or
    
training;
        6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for students
    
enrolled in grades 9 through 11;
        7. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8,
    
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated external defibrillator by watching a training video on those subjects; and
        8. for students enrolled in prekindergarten through
    
grade 6, water safety that incorporates evidence-based water safety instructional materials and resources.
(Source: P.A. 103-567, eff. 12-8-23; 104-391, eff. 8-15-25.)