Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education.
This bill would require the commission, when the Health Framework for California Public Schools and physical education framework are each next revised after January 1, 2024, to consider increasing and including content related to instruction in performing compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), as provided, in each of those frameworks.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that requires a course in health education for graduation from high school to include instruction in performing compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as provided. Existing law also encourages those entities to provide to pupils general information on the use and importance of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Existing law further requires the State Department of Education to provide guidance on how to implement these provisions, including, but not limited to, who may provide instruction.This bill would revise and recast these
provisions by, among other things, instead requiring the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school, as part of a course in health education or physical education that is required for graduation, to, commencing with the 202425 school year, provide instruction in performing compression-only CPR and the use of an AED, as provided. If the governing board of the school district or the governing body of the charter school exempts a pupil who participates in a regular school-sponsored interscholastic athletic program from physical education courses, and a health education course is not required for graduation, the bill would require the instruction in performing compression-only CPR and the use of an AED to be provided during one team practice each season. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the department, commencing with the 202425 school year, to provide guidance on how to
implement these requirements, including, but not limited to, who may provide instruction.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.