Illinois high school students will be taught how to recognize and respond to life-threatening allergic reactions starting in the 2024-25 school year thanks to Naperville student Darby Elo, who went above and beyond to fulfill a social studies assignment.
Starting in the 2024-25 school year, Illinois high school students will learn the signs of a life-threatening allergic reaction and how to respond using an epinephrine auto-injector.
For her project, Darby said she reviewed how her school addressed allergic reactions through health protocols after noticing a lot of friends have severe allergies.She recalled learning CPR in school and said with so many students having allergies, it should be equally important to learn how to administer epinephrine auto-injectables in the event no one else was around in an emergency.
Illinois high school students will learn the warning signs of a severe allergic reaction and how to respond as part of their health class starting in the 2024-25 school year. The idea for the new law came from Darby Elo while she was a junior year at Naperville Central High School. Yang Rohr and Wandke worked with Elo to draft the legislation to amend the school code so allergen safety is taught to students in grades 9-12. The bill proposed students complete a health class lessons in which they learn signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction, including anaphylaxis; the steps to take to prevent exposure to allergens; and safe emergency epinephrine administration.
“The fact that Darby chose to go beyond the course and seek to pass legislation to ensure that all students would know how to act in the case of a profound allergic reaction is not only amazing, it illustrates the principle that we all can play a role in bringing about a more peaceful, just world,” Brady said.
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