House Bill 758 Summary

• Requires the State Board of Education to adopt differentiated emergency preparedness standards for elementary, middle, and high school students beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.

• Elementary school instruction (starting grade 3) must include education on man-made and natural disasters, roles of students/teachers/first responders, and each school's emergency response plan and available supplies.

• Middle school instruction must build on elementary standards, include a project researching a past disaster, cover mass casualty event responses, and provide education on electrical hazards.

• High school instruction must update previous standards and introduce material from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Training Manual.

• Local school administrative units retain discretion to determine which courses will deliver the required emergency preparedness instruction.