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This bill requires public and nonpublic schools to ensure that at least one portable anti-choking device is made available in the cafeteria, school nurse's office, and any other similar location. A portable anti-choking device is a device that uses manually created suction to remove blockage from a person's airway during a choking emergency. The devices are to be placed in an unlocked and easily accessible location during the school day and at any other time when a school-sponsored event is taking place. The bill requires the locations of each portable anti-choking device to have an appropriate identifying sign. The bill also requires the devices to be registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration as a Class II acute upper-airway obstruction device. Each board of education and the governing board or chief administrator of a nonpublic school is required to develop policies for the use of anti-choking devices by school nurses and school employees. The policies are to include a requirement that all school nurses and school employees receive training in airway management and in the removal of any obstructions from the airway using a portable anti-choking device. The Commissioner of Education is to ensure that annual educational opportunities are made available for school nurses and employees of both public and nonpublic schools regarding airway management and the use of portable anti-choking devices. The bill further requires the Department of Education to reimburse public and nonpublic schools for the costs incurred to implement the provisions of this bill.

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Kristin Corrado (R)*,  Parker Space (R)*,  Carmen Amato (R),  Holly Schepisi (R),  Troy Singleton (D), 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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