IL HB4318

Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act to require comprehensive health education programs in Illinois elementary and secondary schools to include information about cancer types, signs and symptoms, risk factors, importance of early prevention and detection, and resources for help.

Moves cancer education from optional to mandatory curriculum areas by transferring it from the "optional" section to the required educational areas for all schools.

Adds a new section to the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act requiring that pre-participation examination forms for students in interscholastic athletics include a question about family history of cancer.

Authorizes athletic associations to require testicular examinations as part of physical examinations for male students participating in interscholastic athletics.

Maintains existing provisions for life-saving technique training (CPR, Heimlich maneuver) and establishes a state matching grant program to pay half the costs of training teachers and school personnel in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use.