00                            SENATE BILL NO. 221                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation education in public schools; relating                                 
02 to the duties of the Department of Education and Early Development; and providing for                                   
03 an effective date."                                                                                                     
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 14.30.360(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
06 (a)  Each district in the state public school system shall be encouraged to                                             
07 initiate and conduct a program in health education for kindergarten through grade 12.                                   
08 The program should include instruction in physical health and personal safety                                           
09 including alcohol and drug abuse education, [CARDIOPULMONARY                                                            
10 RESUSCITATION (CPR),] early cancer prevention and detection, dental health,                                             
11 family health including infant care, environmental health, the identification and                                       
12 prevention of child abuse, child abduction, neglect, sexual abuse, and domestic                                         
13       violence, and appropriate use of health services.                                                                 
14    * Sec. 2. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     

01 Sec. 14.30.363. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation education. The department                                               
02 shall develop and implement curricula to instruct public school students on hands-only                                  
03 cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The department shall determine which grade levels are                                    
04 required to receive instruction under this section and develop curricula that is                                        
05 appropriate for each of those grade levels. A person holding a current                                                  
06 cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructor certificate or a current teacher certificate                                   
07 issued under AS 14.20 may present the curriculum to students. Each public school                                        
08 providing instruction to students in grades for which this curriculum has been adopted                                  
09       shall offer the instruction. The curricula must                                                                   
10                 (1)  be based on current national, evidence-based emergency                                             
11       cardiovascular care guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation;                                                 
12                 (2)  incorporate hands-on practice in addition to cognitive learning;                                   
13                 (3)  include instruction in the appropriate use of an automated external                                
14       defibrillator, which may be taught using video or other means if in-person instruction                            
15       is not available.                                                                                                 
16    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect August 25, 2025.