SF 567

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 02:13am

A bill for an act
relating to education; establishing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated
external defibrillator instruction guidelines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008,
section 120B.021, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:

Subdivision 1.

Required academic standards.

The following subject areas are
required for statewide accountability:

(1) language arts;

(2) mathematics;

(3) science;

(4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and
citizenship;

(5) health and physical education, for which locally developed academic standards
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new text begin (i) cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction may be offered as part of the health
education curriculum. Schools offering such instruction must provide learning aids and
curriculum resource materials to support the instruction; and
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new text begin (ii) when cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction is provided as part of the
health education curriculum, the school must also instruct students on correct use of an
automated external defibrillator as part of the health education curriculum; and
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(6) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, as
determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at least
three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater; and
visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the
following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts.

The commissioner must submit proposed standards in science and social studies to
the legislature by February 1, 2004.

For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts,
mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few students
with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education
plan team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate.
An individualized education plan team that makes this determination must establish
alternative standards.

A school district, no later than the 2007-2008 school year, must adopt graduation
requirements that meet or exceed state graduation requirements established in law or
rule. A school district that incorporates these state graduation requirements before the
2007-2008 school year must provide students who enter the 9th grade in or before
the 2003-2004 school year the opportunity to earn a diploma based on existing locally
established graduation requirements in effect when the students entered the 9th grade.
District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum as a result
of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 120B.10, 120B.11,
and 120B.20.

The commissioner must include the contributions of Minnesota American Indian
tribes and communities as they relate to the academic standards during the review and
revision of the required academic standards.

Sec. 2. new text begin RULEMAKING REQUIRED.
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new text begin The Board of Teaching shall adopt rules requiring teachers instructing students in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation or use of automated external defibrillators to be certified to
provide such instruction by an authorized certifying body. The Board of Teaching may
prescribe regulations governing health education courses which include cardiopulmonary
resuscitation instruction. Such regulations may not set lower standards than the instruction
standards set forth by the American Red Cross.
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