AS PASSED SENATE:

            This bill would amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A. to require schools to provide training in CPR and the use of AED’s for students in grades seven nine through 12 as a graduation requirement within existing health or P.E. courses. The training would have to include, in addition to the psychomotor skills necessary to perform CPR,

1.      a  program developed by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross, or

2.      A program nationally recognized and based on the most current national guidelines for CPR and AED”s.

A teacher would not be required to be a certified trainer or to facilitate instruction that does not result in certification in CPR and the use of an AED. The students would not have to be certified unless the LBOE chooses to offer courses that would result in certification. The SBOE would be responsible for a procedure to monitor said instruction.