| 1 | 1 | | By: Campbell, West S.B. No. 979 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to safety training for certain public school |
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| 7 | 7 | | extracurricular activities. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 33.202(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (c) The safety training program must include: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (1) certification of participants by the American Red |
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| 13 | 13 | | Cross, the American Heart Association, or a similar organization or |
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| 14 | 14 | | by the University Interscholastic League; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) current training in: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (A) emergency action planning; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (B) communicating effectively with 9-1-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | emergency service operators and other emergency personnel; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (C) recognizing symptoms of potentially |
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| 20 | 20 | | catastrophic injuries, including head and neck injuries, |
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| 21 | 21 | | concussions, injuries related to second impact syndrome, asthma |
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| 22 | 22 | | attacks, heatstroke, rhabdomyolysis, cardiac arrest, and injuries |
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| 23 | 23 | | requiring use of a defibrillator; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) a safety drill that incorporates the training |
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| 25 | 25 | | described by Subdivision (2) and simulates various injuries |
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| 26 | 26 | | described by Subdivision (2)(C). |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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| 28 | 28 | | school year. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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