STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9645 IN SENATE May 16, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CHU -- 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 and requiring students to complete such a course as a condition of graduation 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. Instruction relating to first aid. 1. The commissioner is here- 4 by directed to provide and prescribe a course of instruction on first 5 aid for high school students in grades nine through twelve which shall 6 include, but not be limited to, recognizing shock, minor wound care, 7 choking, and minor burns. Such course shall offer cardiopulmonary resus- 8 citation (CPR) from an approved provider in order for such students to 9 become certified. Such course on first aid shall be taught on a 10 pass/fail basis and shall not affect the students' grade point average. 11 2. School authorities shall provide the needed facilities, time, and 12 place for the instruction set forth in this section and shall provide 13 learning aids and curriculum resource materials which contribute to 14 effective teaching methods and learning. 15 3. As a condition of graduation from high school, a student shall 16 attend and pass the course on first aid; provided, however, students 17 with a disability pursuant to subdivision one of section forty-four 18 hundred one of this chapter are exempt from the provisions of this 19 section. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 21 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. LBD15689-01-4