(a) In this Section: "Drug" means "cannabis" as defined under subsection (a) of Section 3 of the Cannabis Control Act, "narcotic drug" as defined under subsection (aa) of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or "methamphetamine" as defined under Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. "School" means any public or private elementary or secondary school. (b) Upon receipt of any written, electronic, or verbal report from any school personnel regarding a verified incident involving drugs in a school or on school owned or leased property, including any conveyance owned, leased, or used by the school for the transport of students or school personnel, the superintendent or his or her designee, or other appropriate administrative officer for a private school, shall report all such drug-related incidents occurring in a school or on school property to the local law enforcement authorities immediately. (c) (Blank).. (d) Schools shall report any written, electronic, or verbal report of an incident involving drugs made under subsection (b) to the State Board of Education through existing school incident reporting systems as they occur during the year by no later than August 1 of each year. The State Board of Education shall report data by school district, as collected from school districts, and make it available to the public via its website. The local law enforcement authority shall, by March 1 of each year, report the required data from the previous year to the Illinois State Police's Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which shall be included in its annual Crime in Illinois report. (Text of Section from P.A. 103-780) Sec. 10-27.1B. Reporting drug-related incidents in schools. (a) In this Section: "Drug" means "cannabis" as defined under subsection (a) of Section 3 of the Cannabis Control Act, "narcotic drug" as defined under subsection (aa) of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or "methamphetamine" as defined under Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. "School" means any public or private elementary or secondary school. (b) Upon receipt of any written, electronic, or verbal report from any school personnel regarding a verified incident involving drugs in a school or on school owned or leased property, including any conveyance owned, leased, or used by the school for the transport of students or school personnel, the superintendent or his or her designee, or other appropriate administrative officer for a private school, shall report all such drug-related incidents occurring in a school or on school property to the local law enforcement authorities immediately. (c) (Blank). (d) Schools shall report any written, electronic, or verbal report of an incident involving drugs made under subsection (b) to the State Board of Education through existing school incident reporting systems as they occur during the year by no later than July 31 for the previous school year. The State Board of Education shall report data by school district, as collected from school districts, and make it available to the public via its website. The local law enforcement authority shall, by March 1 of each year, report the required data from the previous year to the Illinois State Police's Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which shall be included in its annual Crime in Illinois report.
105 ILCS 5/10-27.1B
Reporting drug-related incidents in schools
Known as the Erin's Law
The act spans §§ 105-5-10-1 to 105-5-10-9 (268 sections).
P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-609, eff. 7-1-24.; P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-780, eff. 8-2-24.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.