Bill > A2623

Introduced Session

This bill requires each executive county superintendent to distribute funds to the governing bodies of public schools for the purchase of tourniquets and requires certain school employees receive training on tourniquet use. The bill appropriates a sum not to exceed $500,000 from the State General Fund for this purpose and specifies that additional federal funds may be distributed by the Department of Education, to the extent permitted by federal law. The bill requires a tourniquet purchased by a public school with funds distributed by the executive county superintendent to be located in an unlocked location on school property with an appropriate identifying sign. The tourniquet is to be accessible during the school day and any other time that a school sponsored function is taking place in which students of the school are present. The bill directs the governing body of a public school to develop and annually administer staff training on the use of tourniquets and bleeding control techniques. The bill permits a governing body to collaborate or contract with local law enforcement, emergency medical services, or a third party organization that is nationally recognized as having the expertise in bleeding control techniques to meet this training requirement. Under the bill, the governing body of a public school is to annually ensure that school employees, as defined in the bill, participate in the training. Finally, the bill requires a governing body to include information concerning its compliance with the requirements of the bill in a statement of assurance that is to be submitted to the executive county superintendent.

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Carmen Morales (D)*,  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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