IL HB3924

Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, all State-required health courses for grades 9-12 must include instruction on the dangers of fentanyl using information from the National Institutes of Health, Drug Enforcement Administration, or Department of Health and Human Services.

Fentanyl instruction must cover: differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic opioids, side effects and lethal doses, how fentanyl is laced into drugs, methods to detect fentanyl, and how to use fentanyl test strips and naloxone to prevent overdose deaths.

Students must be assessed on fentanyl instruction covering topics including synthetic versus nonsynthetic drugs, hypoxia, effects on the body, lethal doses, and overdose detection and prevention.

Fentanyl instruction must be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, or school counselor.

The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act is amended to require that alcohol and drug use curricula include the fentanyl instruction mandated under Section 27-13.2 of the School Code.