Bill Text: NJ S235 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public school students in grades 9 through 12 to receive instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator prior to graduation*

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-23 - Substituted by A2072 (1R) [S235 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S235-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 235

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  DIANE B. ALLEN

District 7 (Burlington)

Senator  JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires public school student to receive instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of automated external defibrillator as requirement for high school graduation.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act concerning health education and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, beginning on September 1, 2014, the board of education of a public school district that includes grades 9 through 12, or the board of trustees of a charter school that includes grades 9 through 12, shall provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator as part of the existing health education curriculum.  The board of education, or board of trustees, may select a no-cost, non-certification instructional program to meet this requirement.

     b.    Each high school student shall be required to participate in the instructional program established pursuant to subsection a. of this section as a requirement for high school graduation.

 

     2.    The instruction provided pursuant to section 1 of this act shall:

     a.     be modeled from an instructional program established by the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or other nationally-recognized association with expertise in instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator; and

     b.    include a hands-on learning component for each participating student.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires the board of education of a public school district that includes grades 9 through 12, or the board of trustees of a charter school that includes grades 9 through 12, to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator as part of the existing health education curriculum.  The board may select a no-cost, non-certification instructional program to meet this requirement.  The bill also requires each high school student to participate in the instructional program as a requirement for high school graduation.

     The bill provides that the instruction: must be modeled from an instructional program established by the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or other nationally-recognized association with expertise in instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator; and include a hands-on learning component for each participating student.