SENATE BILL 23-023
BY SENATOR(S) Rich and Marchman, Baisley, Bridges, Buckner,
Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, Exum, Fields, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales,
Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Liston, Lundeen, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R.,
Priola, Roberts, Simpson, Smallwood, Will, Winter F.;
also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Holtorf and Hamrick, Armagost, Bacon, Bird,
Boesenecker, Brown, Dickson, Duran, English, Froelich, Garcia, Jodeh,
Joseph, Lukens, Lynch, Marshall, McCormick, McLachlan,
Michaelson Jenet, Ortiz, Parenti, Ricks, Sharbini, Snyder, Story, Titone,
Valdez, Velasco, Weissman, Willford, Woodrow, Young, McCluskie,
Lindsay.
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ONCERNING CPR TRAINING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS .
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 22-1-129.5 as
follows:
22-1-129.5. Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and
the use of automated external defibrillators - guidelines and content
standards - definition. (1) E
ACH PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE STATE IS
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ADOPT CURRICULUM FOR INSTRUCTION TO
NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
history, or the Session Laws.
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Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act. STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE ON CARDIOPULMONARY
RESUSCITATION AND THE USE OF AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR
.
T
HE CURRICULUM MUST INCLUDE A TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
INCLUDED ON THE LIST MAINTAINED BY THE OFFICE OF CARDIAC ARREST
MANAGEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION
25-53-202, AND THE INSTRUCTION
MUST
:
(a) I
NCORPORATE THE PSYCHOMOTOR SKILLS NECESSARY TO
PERFORM CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
; AND
(b) USE AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR .
(2) A
S USED IN THIS SECTION, "PSYCHOMOTOR SKILLS" MEANS SKILLS
USING HANDS
-ON PRACTICE TO SUPPORT COGNITIVE LEARNING .
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-25-104, add (3)(c)
as follows:
22-25-104. Colorado comprehensive health education program
- role of department of education - recommended curriculum guidelines
- allocation of funds - rules. (3) (c) (I) T
HE GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION
(3)(a) OF THIS
SECTION FOR GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE MUST INCLUDE CURRICULUM
FOR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND THE USE OF AN AUTOMATED
EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR
. THE CURRICULUM MUST INCLUDE A TRAINING
AND EDUCATION PROGRAM INCLUDED ON THE LIST MAINTAINED BY THE
OFFICE OF CARDIAC ARREST MANAGEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION
25-53-202, AND THE INSTRUCTION MUST:
(A) I
NCORPORATE THE PSYCHOMOTOR SKILLS NECESSARY TO
PERFORM CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
; AND
(B) USE AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR .
(II) A
LL SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDE INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS IN
GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
IMPLEMENT THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION
(3)(c).
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-25-105, amend
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22-25-105. Review of local comprehensive health education
programs and local student wellness programs - allocation of funds by
the state board of education. (3) (a) The state board of education shall
establish a review and prioritization process for the allocation of available
funds to school districts, boards of cooperative services, and facility schools
based upon applications submitted to the department of education and
giving due consideration to the guidelines developed pursuant to section
22-25-104 (3)(a) SECTION 22-25-104 (3). Funding may be made available
to districts or facility schools to implement portions of a comprehensive
health education program or portions of a local student wellness program
that are coordinated with health education, according to the needs of the
individual school district or facility school. Pursuant to the review and
prioritization process, the state board of education shall allocate available
funds to the applying school districts, boards of cooperative services, and
facility schools based on whether the state board of education finds that a
school district, a board of cooperative services, or a facility school has
planned or developed a local comprehensive health education program or
a local school wellness program that will serve the objectives of this article.
Funding for local comprehensive health education programs and local
school wellness programs may include, but shall not be limited to, the
implementation of training programs, in-service education institutes, and
curriculum development programs for staff who shall instruct in
comprehensive health education or for staff who shall instruct in or
otherwise provide services through student wellness programs that are
coordinated with health education. The state board of education shall not
allocate funds to school districts, boards of cooperative services, or facility
schools pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (3) until the department
determines the amount of money that will be available for allocation.
SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-25-106, amend (3)
introductory portion as follows:
22-25-106. Local comprehensive health education programs -
local student wellness programs - establishment of comprehensive
health education advisory councils. (3) In addition to the requirements of
section 22-25-104 (3)(b)
SECTION 22-25-104 (3), each school district and
board of cooperative services is encouraged to include instruction in its
local comprehensive health education program which:
PAGE 3-SENATE BILL 23-023 SECTION 5. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
November 2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official
declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
____________________________ ____________________________
Steve Fenberg Julie McCluskie
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
____________________________ ____________________________
Cindi L. Markwell Robin Jones
SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED________________________________________
(Date and Time)
_________________________________________
Jared S. Polis
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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