1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education; modifying CPR and AED instruction provisions to include
1.3 the Health and Safety Institute; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
1.4 120B.236.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.236, is amended to read:
1.7 120B.236 CARDIOPULMONAR Y RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATIC
1.8AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTRUCTION.
1.9 (a) School districts must provide onetime cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic
1.10automated external defibrillator instruction as part of their grade 7 to 12 curriculum for all
1.11students in that grade beginning in the 2014-2015 school year and later. Training and
1.12instruction provided under this section need not result in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
1.13certification. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic automated external defibrillator
1.14instruction must include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic automated external
1.15defibrillator training that has been developed:
1.16 (1) by the American Heart Association or, the American Red Cross, or the Health and
1.17Safety Institute and incorporate psychomotor skills to support the instruction; or
1.18 (2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary
1.19resuscitation and incorporates psychomotor skills to support the instruction.
1.20"Psychomotor skills" under this paragraph means hands-on practice to support cognitive
1.21learning; it does not mean cognitive-only instruction and training.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 3134
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Franson04/07/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1 (b) School districts may use community members such as emergency medical technicians,
2.2paramedics, police officers, firefighters, and representatives of the Minnesota Resuscitation
2.3Consortium, the American Heart Association, or the American Red Cross, or the Health
2.4and Safety Institute, among others, to provide instruction and training under this section.
2.5Community members are encouraged to provide needed training and instructional resources
2.6such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation kits and other materials at no cost to the school
2.7districts. A school administrator may waive this curriculum requirement for a high school
2.8transfer student regardless of whether or not the student previously received instruction
2.9under this section, an enrolled student absent on the day the instruction occurred under this
2.10section, or an eligible student who has a disability. If a school district requests resources,
2.11the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium must provide them to the district for instruction
2.12and training provided to students under this section.
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