Senate Bill S9645

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to first aid instruction for students in grades nine through twelve

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S9645 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §819, Ed L

2023-S9645 - Summary

Requires high schools to teach first aid instruction to students in grades nine through twelve.

2023-S9645 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9645 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9645
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring high schools
   to provide a course in basic  first  aid  and  requiring  students  to
   complete such a course as a condition of graduation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to
 read as follows:
   § 819. INSTRUCTION RELATING TO FIRST AID. 1. THE COMMISSIONER IS HERE-
 BY DIRECTED TO PROVIDE AND PRESCRIBE A COURSE OF  INSTRUCTION  ON  FIRST
 AID  FOR  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, RECOGNIZING  SHOCK,  MINOR  WOUND  CARE,
 CHOKING, AND MINOR BURNS. SUCH COURSE SHALL OFFER CARDIOPULMONARY RESUS-
 CITATION  (CPR)  FROM AN APPROVED PROVIDER IN ORDER FOR SUCH STUDENTS TO
 BECOME CERTIFIED. SUCH  COURSE  ON  FIRST  AID  SHALL  BE  TAUGHT  ON  A
 PASS/FAIL BASIS AND SHALL NOT AFFECT THE STUDENTS' GRADE POINT AVERAGE.
   2.  SCHOOL  AUTHORITIES SHALL PROVIDE THE NEEDED FACILITIES, TIME, AND
 PLACE FOR THE INSTRUCTION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION  AND  SHALL  PROVIDE
 LEARNING  AIDS  AND  CURRICULUM  RESOURCE  MATERIALS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO
 EFFECTIVE TEACHING METHODS AND LEARNING.
   3. AS A CONDITION OF GRADUATION FROM  HIGH  SCHOOL,  A  STUDENT  SHALL
 ATTEND  AND  PASS  THE  COURSE ON FIRST AID; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, STUDENTS
 WITH A DISABILITY PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  FORTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  ARE  EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15689-01-4

2023-S9645A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §819, Ed L

2023-S9645A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires high schools to teach first aid instruction to students in grades nine through twelve.

2023-S9645A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9645A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9645--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring high schools
   to provide a course in basic first aid

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to
 read as follows:
   § 819. FIRST AID CURRICULUM OR INSTRUCTION.   THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 ESTABLISH  A  CURRICULUM  OR  INSTRUCTION  ON  FIRST AID FOR HIGH SCHOOL
 STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO,  RECOGNIZING SHOCK, MINOR WOUND CARE, CHOKING, MINOR BURNS,
 AND CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) FROM AN APPROVED PROVIDER,  WITH
 THE OPTION TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO BECOME CPR CERTIFIED. SUCH CURRICULUM OR
 INSTRUCTION  SHALL  BE  DESIGNED  TO  BE  ADDED TO AN EXISTING COURSE OF
 INSTRUCTION, SUCH AS HEALTH, OR BE PROVIDED  TO  STUDENTS  AS  AN  AFTER
 SCHOOL  ELECTIVE  INSTRUCTION,  OR  ANY  OTHER  MANNER SUCH SCHOOL DEEMS
 APPROPRIATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15689-02-4

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