MN HF2329

School districts must provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator instruction to all students in grades 7-12 beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, changing from a voluntary encouragement to a requirement.

Training must be developed by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, or use nationally recognized evidence-based guidelines, and must include psychomotor skills (hands-on practice and skills testing), not cognitive-only instruction.

School districts may utilize community members such as emergency medical technicians, paramedics, police officers, firefighters, and representatives of the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium to provide instruction and training.

Community members are encouraged to provide training resources and equipment such as CPR kits at no cost to school districts.

School administrators may waive the requirement for students with disabilities or those who already hold a CPR certificate.