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S3288 • 2026

Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Corrado, Kristin M.
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3288

SENATE, No. 3288

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 2, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of
school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain
certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation
certification for certain school coaches and amending P.L.2013, c.209.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 5 of P.L.2013,
c.209 (C.18A:40-41i) is amended to read as follows:

���� 5.���
a.
� A person who
coaches a school district or nonpublic school athletic activity shall hold a
current certification in
[
cardio-pulmonary
]

cardiopulmonary

resuscitation from the American Red Cross, American Heart Association,
[
or
]
other
training program recognized by the Department of Health
, or the program
established by the Department of Education pursuant to subsection b. of this
section
.

����
b.��� The Department of
Education, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall establish a
program for coaches of school districts and nonpublic school athletic
activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.� The
program shall:

����
(1)�� utilize the current
national evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

����
(2)�� be modeled on an
instructional program established by the American Red Cross, American Heart
Association, or other training program recognized by the Department of Health;

����
(3) include a hands-on
learning component for each participating coach; and

����
(4)�� be provided at no
cost to each participating coach.

����
c.���� Any costs of
implementing the program established pursuant to subsection b. of this section
shall be borne by the State.�

(P.L.2013, c.209, s.5)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the sixth month next following the date of
enactment, except that the Department of Education may take any anticipatory
administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation
of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This
bill requires the Department of Education to establish a program for coaches of
school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain
certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

���� Under current law, any
person who coaches a school district or nonpublic school athletic activity is
required to hold a current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.�
This bill requires the department, in consultation with the Department of
Health, to offer a program for these coaches to obtain this certification.� The
program is to: utilize the current national evidence-based guidelines for
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; be modeled on an instructional program
established by the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or other
training program recognized by the Department of Health; include a hands-on
learning component for each participating coach; and be provided at no cost to
a participating coach.� The bill stipulates that the costs of implementing the
program are to be borne by the State.