Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-701

EHS 701

CPR in Schools

Messrs. Rush, deMacedo and Welch, Ms. Gobi and Mr. Eldridge moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4590-0250, by inserting at the end thereof the following: “; for grants of no less than $350,000 to provide enrolled students’ instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), provided the instruction must be based on an instructional program established by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross or another program that is approved by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and is nationally recognized and uses the most current national evidence−based Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines and incorporates psychomotor skills development into the instruction; provided further, that all grant applications submitted to and approved by the department of elementary and secondary education shall include a detailed line-item budget specifying how the funds shall be allocated and expended based on a policy that requires all students to instructed on CPR as a graduation requirement”;  and in said item, by striking out the figures “$12,085,974” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$12,435,974"