House File 251 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SWAIM


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring school districts to offer cardiopulmonary
  2    resuscitation certification to high school students.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2060YH 82
  5 ak/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  k.  All students shall be offered the
  1  4 opportunity to become certified in cardiopulmonary
  1  5 resuscitation (CPR), which means training and successful
  1  6 completion of a course in CPR, automated external
  1  7 defibrillator operation, and obstructed airway procedures for
  1  8 all age groups according to recognized national standards.
  1  9 The school district shall offer CPR certification using an
  1 10 accredited program taught by instructors certified to teach
  1 11 CPR.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In accordance
  1 13 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
  1 14 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
  1 15 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
  1 16 received by the school district under section 257.16.  This
  1 17 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
  1 18 to meet all the state funding=related requirements of section
  1 19 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
  1 20 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
  1 21 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill requires that all students in grades 9 through 12
  1 24 be offered the opportunity to become certified in
  1 25 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which includes training
  1 26 and successful completion of a course in CPR, automated
  1 27 external defibrillator operation, and obstructed airway
  1 28 procedures for all age groups according to recognized national
  1 29 standards.  The bill requires that the school use an
  1 30 accredited program taught by instructors certified to teach
  1 31 CPR.
  1 32    The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
  1 33 section 25B.3.  The bill requires that the state cost of any
  1 34 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
  1 35 district from state school foundation aid received by the
  2  1 school district under Code section 257.16.  The specification
  2  2 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
  2  3 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
  2  4 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
  2  5 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
  2  6 state mandates included in the bill.
  2  7 LSB 2060YH 82
  2  8 ak:nh/es/88