New York S 4673: Relates to first aid instruction for students in grades nine through twelve

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S04673 Summary:

BILL NOS04673 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07536

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §819, Ed L

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Requires high schools to teach first aid instruction to students in grades nine through twelve.

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BILL NOS04673 

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02/11/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4673

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring high schools
 to provide a course in basic first aid

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 819. First aid curriculum or instruction. The commissioner shall
 4 establish a curriculum or instruction on first aid for high school
 5 students in grades nine through twelve which shall include, but not be
 6 limited to, recognizing shock, minor wound care, choking, minor burns,
 7 and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from an approved provider, with
 8 the option to allow students to become CPR certified. Such curriculum or
 9 instruction shall be designed to be added to an existing course of
 10 instruction, such as health, or be provided to students as an after
 11 school elective instruction, or any other manner such school deems
 12 appropriate.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 14 the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09364-01-5

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