CA AB2429

Requires school districts and charter schools that mandate health education for high school graduation to include instruction on the dangers of fentanyl use, beginning with the 2026-27 school year.

Instruction must align with California's "Health Framework for California Public Schools" and use information from the National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Required curriculum must cover what fentanyl is, including differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic opioids, legal versus illegal uses, and fentanyl variations.

Must include information on fentanyl risks such as lethal dosages, how it is mixed into illegal drugs without users' knowledge, its addictive properties, and how it causes hypoxia.

Must teach students how to detect fentanyl using test strips, how to use naloxone or opioid antagonists, and how to recognize signs of overdose.