Bill > SB375

This bill, known as Greg Moyer's Law, makes several changes to Pennsylvania's public school system, primarily focusing on school safety and health services. It repeals the requirement for school entities to offer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to employees every three years, and instead establishes new mandates for CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) instruction, defining an AED as a portable device that uses electric shock to restore a normal heart rhythm in someone experiencing cardiac arrest. The bill also amends the School Safety and Security Grant Program to allow for the use of unexpended funds for administrative costs and to allocate up to $2.5 million for grants related to AEDs, while also dedicating a percentage of appropriated funds for the purchase and training of AEDs for school entities and nonpublic schools. Furthermore, it creates the Automated External Defibrillator Program to help schools acquire AEDs, requires specific school personnel to be trained in CPR and AED use, mandates the development of cardiac emergency response plans for schools participating in interscholastic athletics, and ensures AEDs are readily accessible and properly maintained. Finally, the bill sets a compliance deadline of three years after its effective date for schools to meet these new AED and CPR training requirements.

Budget and Finance, Education

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