AB 2800: High school athletics: California High School Coaching Education and Training Program: heat illness.

Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to establish a California High School Coaching Education and Training Program, administered by school districts, that emphasizes specified components, including, among other things, training, which is described as certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid, including, but not limited to, a basic understanding of the signs and symptoms of concussions and the appropriate response to concussions. Existing law authorizes concussion training to be fulfilled through entities offering free, online, or other types of training courses.

This bill would also include a basic understanding of the signs and symptoms of heat illness, as defined, and the appropriate response to heat illness within that description of training. The bill would also authorize heat illness training to be fulfilled through entities offering free, online, or other types of training courses.