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SF0082 • 2017
AN ACT relating to education; requiring students to complete instruction on emergency medical treatment to graduate high school; requiring school districts to offer that instruction; requiring rulemaking; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.
The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.
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Committee of the Whole • Burns
Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by Burns
Standing Committee • SEducation
Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by SEducation
S 3rd Reading:Failed 13-16-1-0-0
S 3rd Reading:Bill reconsideration motion passed by roll call 15-14-1-0-0
S 3rd Reading:Passed 17-13-0-0-0
S 2nd Reading:Passed
S COW:Passed
S Placed on General File
S02 - Appropriations:No Recommendation 4-0-1-0-0
S COW:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
S Placed on General File
S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
S Received for Introduction
Bill Number Assigned
2017 STATE OF WYOMING 17LSO-0515 Introduced 1.4 SENATE FILE NO. SF0082 Graduation requirement-CPR. Sponsored by: Senator(s) Landen, Hastert and Pappas and Representative(s) Byrd, Loucks and Zwonitzer A BILL for AN ACT relating to education; requiring students to complete instruction on emergency medical treatment to graduate high school; requiring school districts to offer that instruction; requiring rulemaking; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1 . W.S. 21 ‑ 9 ‑ 101 by creating a new subsection (h) is amended to read: 21 ‑ 9 ‑ 101 . Educational programs for schools; standards; core of knowledge and skills; special needs programs; class size requirements; cocurricular activities. (h) Not later than the 2018 ‑ 2019 school year, all school districts shall provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with standards promulgated by the state board. The standards shall require at a minimum that the instruction follow s nationally recognized guidelines for psychomotor cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills training. Students shall be given an opportunity to practice and master CPR and shall be instructed in the use of an automated external defibrillator. No student shall receive a high school diploma from a public high school without successfully completing a course in CPR required under this section. Section 2. This act shall apply to students graduating high school on or after January 1, 2020. Section 3 . This act is effective July 1, 201 7 . (END) 1 SF0082