1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; clarifying CPR training and instruction requirements;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120B.236.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120B.236, is amended to read:
1.6 	120B.236 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATIC 
1.7 	EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTRUCTION.
1.8 	(a) School districts are encouraged to includemust provide onetime cardiopulmonary 
1.9 	resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator instruction as part of their grade 7 to 12 
1.10 	curriculum for all students beginning in the 2014-2015 school year and later. Schools 
1.11 	offering Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or and automatic external defibrillator instruction 
1.12 	must use include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automatic external defibrillator training 
1.13 	that has been developed:
1.14 	(1) by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross and incorporate 
1.15 	psychomotor skills to support the instruction; or
1.16 	(2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary 
1.17 	resuscitation and incorporates psychomotor skills to support the instruction.
1.18 	"Psychomotor skills" under this paragraph means hands-on practice and skills testing 
1.19 	to support cognitive learning; it does not mean cognitive-only instruction and training.
1.20 	(b) School districts may use community members such as emergency medical 
1.21 	technicians, paramedics, police officers, firefighters, and representatives of the Minnesota 
1.22 	Resuscitation Consortium, the American Heart Association, or the American Red 
1.23 	Cross, among others, to provide instruction and training under this section.  Community 
1.24 	members are encouraged to provide needed training and instructional resources such as 
2.1 	cardiopulmonary resuscitation kits and other materials at no cost to the school districts. 
2.2 	A school administrator may waive this curriculum requirement for a student who has a 
2.3 	disability or who holds a cardiopulmonary resuscitation certificate.

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.