SF 1780

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/17/2015 09:16am

A bill for an act
relating to education; required announcements for school events; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.236.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.236, is amended to read:

120B.236 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATIC
EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTRUCTION.

(a) School districts must provide onetime cardiopulmonary resuscitation and
automatic external defibrillator instruction as part of their grade 7 to 12 curriculum for
all students in that grade beginning in the 2014-2015 school year and later. Training and
instruction provided under this section need not result in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
certification. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator
instruction must include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator
training that has been developed:

(1) by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross and incorporate
psychomotor skills to support the instruction; or

(2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and incorporates psychomotor skills to support the instruction.

"Psychomotor skills" under this paragraph means hands-on practice to support cognitive
learning; it does not mean cognitive-only instruction and training.

(b) School districts may use community members such as emergency medical
technicians, paramedics, police officers, firefighters, and representatives of the Minnesota
Resuscitation Consortium, the American Heart Association, or the American Red
Cross, among others, to provide instruction and training under this section. Community
members are encouraged to provide needed training and instructional resources such as
cardiopulmonary resuscitation kits and other materials at no cost to the school districts. A
school administrator may waive this curriculum requirement for a high school transfer
student regardless of whether or not the student previously received instruction under this
section, an enrolled student absent on the day the instruction occurred under this section,
or an eligible student who has a disability. If a school district requests resources, the
Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium must provide them to the district for instruction and
training provided to students under this section.

new text begin (c) At any public event held at a school facility or on school grounds, before the
event begins and when practicable, the person in charge of the event must arrange to
announce, via a public announcement system, to the public the location of any nearby
automatic external defibrillators. This requirement shall also apply to a person in charge
of a school-sponsored event that is held at a private or public facility that has been rented
for the purpose of a school event.
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