A5044

Establishes Cardiac Emergency Response in Schools Grant Program in DOE, appropriates $600,000.

This bill establishes the Cardiac Emergency Response in Schools Grant Program in the Department of Education and provides a $600,000 appropriation for the program. The program aims to award grants to school districts, charter schools, renaissance school projects, and nonpublic schools to promote preparedness for cardiac emergencies. The Commissioner of Education will award grants for uses such as purchasing and maintaining automatic external defibrillators, purchasing cardiopulmonary resuscitation training kits, implementing cardiac emergency response plans, and providing training to staff in.