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105 ILCS 115/1 (2026)

Every student, teacher and visitor is required to wear an industrial quality eye protective device when participating in or observing any of the following courses in schools, colleges and universities:         (a) vocational or industrial arts shops or     laboratories involving experience with the following: hot molten metals; milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding or stamping of any solid materials; heat treatment, tempering or kiln firing of any metal or other materials; gas or electric arc welding; repair or servicing of any vehicle; caustic or explosive materials;         (b) chemical or combined chemical-physical     laboratories involving caustic or explosive chemicals or hot liquids or solids

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(105 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 122, par. 698.11)
    Sec. 1. Every student, teacher and visitor is required to wear an industrial quality eye protective device when participating in or observing any of the following courses in schools, colleges and universities:
        (a) vocational or industrial arts shops or
    
laboratories involving experience with the following: hot molten metals; milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding or stamping of any solid materials; heat treatment, tempering or kiln firing of any metal or other materials; gas or electric arc welding; repair or servicing of any vehicle; caustic or explosive materials;
        (b) chemical or combined chemical-physical
    
laboratories involving caustic or explosive chemicals or hot liquids or solids.
    Such devices may be furnished for all students and teachers, and shall be furnished for all visitors to such classrooms and laboratories.
    The State Board of Education shall establish nationally accepted standards for such devices.
(Source: P.A. 88-9.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2004–2004 · leading case: Hill v. Galesburg Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. 205, 805 N.E.2d 299 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004).
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Hill v. Galesburg Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. 205, 805 N.E.2d 299 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 3× “105 ILCS 115/1 (West 2002). The school district filed a motion to dismiss, alleging that it did not violate the Eye Protection Act and that, in any case, it was immune from liability under the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/1 — 101…”
Hill v. Galesburg Com. Unit Sch. Dist. 205, 805 N.E.2d 299 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 3× “105 ILCS 115/1 (West 2002). The school district filed a motion to dismiss alleging that it did not violate the Eye Protection Act and that, in any case, it was immune from liability under the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act.”
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