Bill Text: HI SB2420 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-22 - Referred to EDU, WAM/JDC. [SB2420 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2420-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The legislature further finds that over forty states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation training as a high school graduation requirement, and at least seventy-five per cent of public high school students in the United States who are graduating this year will have learned lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation in their schools. By incorporating cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, which can typically be completed in a single thirty-minute session, as an integral part of the health education curriculum for all students in grades nine through twelve in the State, there is less likelihood that Hawaii residents will feel helpless to act during a cardiac arrest emergency, thereby increasing the survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to require public, private, and charter schools to include instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver in their health education curriculum required for graduation for students in grades nine through twelve.
SECTION 2. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I, subpart B, to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302A- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation education;
Heimlich maneuver education. (a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the
department shall provide thirty minutes of instruction in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and training in the proper performance of the Heimlich maneuver
to high school students, which shall be included in at least one health
education class required for graduation.
(b) Instruction provided under this section
shall:
(1) Include hands-on practicing of
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use;
(2) Include hands-on practicing of the
Heimlich maneuver; and
(3) Be in congruence with current,
nationally recognized, evidence-based emergency care guidelines.
(c) Instruction provided under this section may
be taught by persons who:
(1) Are not licensed teachers, but who
are formally trained to provide the instruction, including volunteers from the
community; or
(2) Are licensed teachers but who are
not formally trained to provide the instruction.
(d) A public school may waive the requirement for
instruction provided under this section for any student who is unable to
participate in hands-on practicing of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or the
Heimlich maneuver by reasons of disability.
(e) A local agency, entity of the State or local
government, or other public or private organization that sponsors, authorizes,
supports, finances, or supervises the instruction of students in
compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the use of an automated
external defibrillator, or instruction of the Heimlich maneuver shall not be
liable for any civil damages alleged to result from the acts or omissions of an
individual who received the instruction.
(f) A public employee or private school employee who provides or facilitates the instruction of students in compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the use of an automated external defibrillator, or instruction of the Heimlich maneuver shall not be liable for any civil damages alleged to result from the acts or omissions of an individual who received the instruction."
SECTION 3. Chapter 302C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302C- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation education;
Heimlich maneuver education. (a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, all
private schools in the State shall provide thirty minutes of instruction in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and training in the proper performance of the
Heimlich maneuver to high school students, which shall be included in at least
one health education class required for graduation.
(b) Instruction provided under this section
shall:
(1) Include hands-on practicing of
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use;
(2) Include hands-on practicing of the
Heimlich maneuver; and
(3) Be in congruence with current,
nationally recognized, evidence-based emergency care guidelines.
(c) Instruction provided under this section may
be taught by persons who:
(1) Are not teachers, but who are
formally trained to provide the instruction, including volunteers from the
community; or
(2) Are teachers but who are not
formally trained to provide the instruction.
(d) A private school may waive the requirement
for instruction provided under this section for any student who is unable to
participate in hands-on practicing of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or the
Heimlich maneuver by reasons of disability.
(e) A local agency, entity of the State or local
government, or other public or private organization that sponsors, authorizes,
supports, finances, or supervises the instruction of students in
compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the use of an automated
external defibrillator, or instruction of the Heimlich maneuver shall not be
liable for any civil damages alleged to result from the acts or omissions of an
individual who received the instruction.
(f) A public employee or private school employee who provides or facilitates the instruction of students in compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the use of an automated external defibrillator, or instruction of the Heimlich maneuver shall not be liable for any civil damages alleged to result from the acts or omissions of an individual who received the instruction."
SECTION 4. Chapter 302D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302D- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation education;
Heimlich maneuver education. (a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, all
public charter schools shall provide thirty minutes of instruction in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and training in the proper performance of the
Heimlich maneuver to high school students, which shall be included in at least
one health education class required for graduation.
(b) Instruction provided under this section
shall:
(1) Include hands-on practicing of
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use;
(2) Include hands-on practicing of the
Heimlich maneuver; and
(3) Be in congruence with current,
nationally recognized, evidence-based emergency care guidelines.
(c) Instruction provided under this section may
be taught by persons who:
(1) Are not licensed teachers, but who
are formally trained to provide the instruction, including volunteers from the
community; or
(2) Are licensed teachers but who are
not formally trained to provide the instruction.
(d) A public charter school may waive the
requirement for instruction provided under this section for any student who is
unable to participate in hands-on practicing of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or
the Heimlich maneuver by reasons of disability.
(e) A local agency, entity of the State or local
government, or other public or private organization that sponsors, authorizes,
supports, finances, or supervises the instruction of students in
compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the use of an automated
external defibrillator, or instruction of the Heimlich maneuver shall not be
liable for any civil damages alleged to result from the acts or omissions of an
individual who received the instruction.
(f) A public employee or private school employee who provides or facilitates the instruction of students in compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the use of an automated external defibrillator, or instruction of the Heimlich maneuver shall not be liable for any civil damages alleged to result from the acts or omissions of an individual who received the instruction."
SECTION 5. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Department of Education; Public Schools; Public Charter Schools; Private Schools; High School Graduation Requirements; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Heimlich Maneuver; Health Education
Description:
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires all public, private, and charter schools in the State to include thirty minutes of instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and training in the proper performance of the Heimlich maneuver in their health education curriculum required for graduation for students in grades 9-12. Specifies instruction requirements. Waives liability for instruction under certain circumstances.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
