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Finance committee backs resolution urging Massachusetts require CPR, AED training for high school graduation
Summary
The committee recommended a resolution asking the City Council to endorse five state bills that would require CPR and AED instruction for high school students; Harvard students who run a peer-teaching program testified in support.
The Brockton Finance Committee on May 5 recommended favorably that the City Council go on record supporting five pending state bills that would require Hands‑Only CPR and AED training for high‑school students in Massachusetts.
The committee voted to send a copy of the committee’s policy order and citation to the Brockton delegation at the State House. The resolution asks that Brockton endorse Senate Bill 447, Senate Bill 456, House Bill 556, House Bill 572 and House Bill 750 — measures in both branches that, as drafted, would make CPR and AED instruction part of high‑school instruction or graduation requirements in different forms.
Why it matters: Public testimony and the resolution framed…
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