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SB 945: School curriculum: physical education framework: cardiopulmonary resuscitation: automated external defibrillators.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-04-06

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-04-06: From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Enacted

Version:

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 defibrillators (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 instead require, commencing with the 202728 school year, the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that maintains any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to provide instruction in performing compression-only CPR and how to use an AED as part of a course required for graduation. The bill would also require the department to provide guidance on how to implement these provisions before the commencement of the 202728 school year.By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.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.

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 physical education framework is next revised after January 1, 2027, to consider including content on the importance, performance, and use of CPR and AEDs in that framework.

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