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Committee approves outdoor-learning pilot and removes physician requirement for AEDs in schools
Summary
The Education Committee passed Senate Bill 148 (LC3398823S), authorizing a pilot program for outdoor education spaces and removing a physician sign-off requirement for school automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Sponsors said funding would include private foundations, local funds and subject to appropriations.
The Education Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 148 (LC3398823S), a measure authorizing the State Department of Education to run a pilot for outdoor learning spaces and clarifying requirements for automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in K–12 schools.
Senator Pritzbill, the bill sponsor, said the pilot aims to test “best practices and design standards for outdoor learning spaces” and noted an amendment added in the Senate to increase teacher personal leave from three to five days. The sponsor said some schools already operate outdoor classrooms and the pilot would gather data to develop a blueprint for broader adoption.
Committee members pressed the…
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