HB0370 Summary

• Amends Section 10-23.12 to require staff development for kindergarten through 8th grade school personnel on detecting, reporting, and preventing child abuse and neglect.

• Authorizes the Department of Children and Family Services to distribute materials in school buildings displaying the toll-free hotline number and reporting methods from the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act in clearly visible locations.

• Amends Section 34-18.6 with identical provisions regarding child abuse detection, reporting, and prevention training for school district personnel in kindergarten through 8th grade.

• Makes charter schools subject to the requirements in subsections (b) of both Sections 10-23.12 and 34-18.6 regarding distribution of child abuse reporting information and hotline materials.