House File 2169 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2169 BY A. MEYER A BILL FOR An Act relating to bleeding control certification course 1 requirements and waivers for school districts and accredited 2 nonpublic schools and their students, and including 3 applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5900YH (4) 88 kh/jh
H.F. 2169 Section 1. Section 256.11, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code 1 2020, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. (1) Every Except as provided in subparagraph (2) or (3), 3 every student by the end of grade twelve shall complete a all 4 of the following: 5 (a) A certification course for cardiopulmonary 6 resuscitation. The administrator of a school may waive 7 this requirement if the student is not physically able to 8 successfully complete the training. A student is exempt from 9 the requirement of this paragraph if the student presents 10 satisfactory evidence to the school district or accredited 11 nonpublic school that the student possesses cardiopulmonary 12 resuscitation certification. 13 (b) A certification course for bleeding control developed 14 or endorsed by the American college of surgeons committee on 15 trauma or the department of public health. 16 (2) The administrator of the school may waive a requirement 17 under this paragraph for a student who is not physically able 18 to successfully complete a certification course pursuant to 19 this paragraph. 20 (3) A student who presents satisfactory evidence to the 21 school district or accredited nonpublic school that the student 22 possesses certification for a course required under this 23 paragraph is exempt from the course requirement. 24 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 25 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 26 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 27 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 28 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 29 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 30 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 31 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 32 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 33 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 34 districts. 35 -1- LSB 5900YH (4) 88 kh/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 2169 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. The provisions of this Act relating 1 to bleeding control certification apply for school years 2 beginning on or after July 1, 2021. 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 This bill requires every student by the end of grade 12 7 to successfully complete a certification course for bleeding 8 control developed by the American college of surgeons committee 9 on trauma or the department of public health, though a student 10 who presents satisfactory evidence to the school district 11 or accredited nonpublic school that the student possesses 12 certification for completing such a course is exempt from 13 the requirement. The school administrator may waive the 14 requirement for a student who is not physically able to 15 successfully complete the certification course. 16 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 17 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 18 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 19 district from state school foundation aid received by the 20 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 21 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 22 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 23 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 24 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 25 mandates included in the bill. 26 The provisions of the bill relating to bleeding control 27 certification apply to school years beginning on or after July 28 1, 2021. 29 -2- LSB 5900YH (4) 88 kh/jh 2/ 2