BILL NUMBER: AB 156	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jeffries

                        JANUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 51202 of the Education Code, relating to
curriculum.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 156, as introduced, Jeffries. Curriculum: cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.
   Existing law provides that the adopted course of study in grades 1
to 12, inclusive, shall provide instruction in personal and public
safety, including instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
when appropriate equipment is available. Existing law also authorizes
school districts and schools to provide a comprehensive program in
CPR training to pupils and employees, as specified.
   This bill would remove the exception relating to availability of
equipment.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 51202 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   51202.  The adopted course of study shall provide instruction at
the appropriate elementary and secondary grade levels and subject
areas in personal and public safety and accident prevention,
including emergency first aid instruction, instruction in hemorrhage
control, treatment for poisoning, resuscitation techniques, and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation  when appropriate equipment is
available ; fire prevention; the protection and conservation
of resources, including the necessity for the protection of our
environment; and health, including venereal disease and the effects
of alcohol, narcotics, drugs, and tobacco upon the human body. The
health instruction may include prenatal care for pregnant women and
violence as a public health issue.