HOUSE BILL 837
AN ACT TO MAKE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF INSTRUCTION IN CPR AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS WITH A PLAN TO PHASE IN COMPLETION OF CPR INSTRUCTION AS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENT BY 2015.
SECTION 2. The State Board of Education shall work in cooperation with the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, and other nationally recognized programs to develop a strategic plan to phase in successful completion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction as a requirement for high school graduation by the 2014-2015 school year. The plan shall include costs of, and details regarding, procedures for:
(1) Obtaining and maintaining documentation regarding students who successfully complete cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction in the eighth grade in accordance with the Healthful Living Essential Standards previously adopted by the State Board of Education. Documentation efforts shall be initiated during the 2012-2013 school year.
(2) Identifying students not successfully completing cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction through Healthful Living Essential Standards and ensuring that those students successfully complete cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction through other appropriate formats pursuant to G.S. 115C-81(e1)(1)j. Identification of students needing cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction and offering this instruction to those students shall begin during the 2013-2014 school year.
(3) Requiring successful completion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction as a requirement for high school graduation by the 2013-2014 school year.
The plan shall be implemented at the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year.
The State Board of Education shall report on this plan to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by December 15, 2013. The State Board of Education shall report on plan implementation to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by October 15, 2015.
(1) Obtaining and maintaining documentation regarding students who successfully complete cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction in the eighth grade in accordance with the Healthful Living Essential Standards previously adopted by the State Board of Education. Documentation efforts shall be initiated during the 2012-2013 school year.
(2) Identifying students not successfully completing cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction through Healthful Living Essential Standards and ensuring that those students successfully complete cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction through other appropriate formats pursuant to G.S. 115C-81(e1)(1)j. Identification of students needing cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction and offering this instruction to those students shall begin during the 2013-2014 school year.
(3) Requiring successful completion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction as a requirement for high school graduation by the 2013-2014 school year.
The plan shall be implemented at the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year.
The State Board of Education shall report on this plan to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by December 15, 2013. The State Board of Education shall report on plan implementation to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by October 15, 2015.