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Senate committee backs bill requiring cardiac emergency plans, AED access in schools
Summary
The Senate Education Policy Committee on Feb. 24 approved a bill requiring school districts and charter schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans, ensure AED access and train designated personnel, and it sent the bill to the Education Finance Committee.
St. Paul — The Senate Education Policy Committee on Feb. 24 recommended passage of Senate File 1457, a bill that would require school districts and charter schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans (CERP), ensure automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are accessible, and require training and simulation exercises for designated response teams.
Senator Westland, the bill sponsor, said more than 356,000 cardiac arrests occur outside hospitals in the U.S. each year and nearly 90% are fatal. “This is about keeping our kids safe,” Westland said. He said the proposal updates a 2024 approach — in which the commissioner of education made a model policy available — to require each school to have a plan in place for the 2026 school year.
Key requirements in the bill include:
• School districts and charter schools must develop CERPs and make them available on the school website and in paper form;…
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