OH HB580

Beginning with students entering ninth grade on or after July 1, 2015, schools must provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use as a graduation requirement.

Instruction must include hands-on psychomotor skills and be based on programs from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or nationally recognized evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines.

Certification must be provided by authorized or certified instructors, though the bill allows unlicensed educators to facilitate instruction that does not result in student certification.

Students whose parents request an exemption under existing law from CPR instruction are not required to complete this training.

The Department of Education must establish monitoring procedures for compliance and may withhold state funding from districts and schools that fail to comply.