Norman Public Schools reviews cardiac arrest emergency plan under new state law
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Summary
District health services presented the 2025–26 cardiac arrest emergency action plan required by the Chase Morris Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act; plan uses AEDs, RAVE app alerts and drills; no board vote was taken.
Beth Roberson, director of health services for Norman Public Schools, presented the district's 2025–26 cardiac arrest emergency action plan for annual review to the Norman Public Schools Board of Education.
Roberson said the plan is developed at each school site and establishes a cardiac emergency response team that may include coaches, athletic trainers, school nurses or health assistants and other administrators and staff. “The plan is developed by the school site administrator and includes a cardiac emergency response team,” Roberson said.
The nut graf: The plan is presented to meet a new Oklahoma law referenced in the presentation as the Chase Morris Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act (Senate Bill 19 21). That law requires secondary schools to develop and maintain a cardiac emergency response plan; the district's plan sets staffing roles, requires training and regular drills, and uses a district alert app for response coordination.
Roberson told the board that team members are trained in CPR, first aid and automated external defibrillator (AED) use and that every school in the district has an AED “in highly visible locations and easy to access.” She said the district previously conducted tabletop drills and plans to add hands-on exercises this year to “run through an emergency response and demonstrate an actual sudden cardiac arrest.”
The plan will be accessible to staff through the district’s RAVE app under resources. Roberson said the RAVE app will be used to alert the response team and to notify 911 in the event of a sudden cardiac emergency.
Superintendent Dr. Millarino (as identified in the meeting) and President O'Hara took no formal vote on the presentation; the item was presented for information and annual review. Board members asked clarifying questions about changes from prior years; Roberson said the plan itself is largely the same but that training and team membership are periodically updated as staff change.
Ending: The district will continue periodic drills and maintain school-level written plans in the RAVE app; no formal action was recorded at the meeting.