Section 49413 Of Article 1. General Powers—school Boards From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 27. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of first aid
and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training. In enacting this section,
it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts
and schools, individually or jointly, to develop a program whereby
their staff and pupils understand the importance of this training and
have an appropriate opportunity to develop these skills.
(b) A school district or school, individually or jointly with
another school district or school, may provide a comprehensive
program in first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training,
or both, to pupils and employees. The program shall be developed
using the following guidelines:
(1) The school district or school collaborates with existing local
resources, including, but not limited to, parent teacher
associations, hospitals, school nurses, fire departments, and other
local agencies that promote safety, to make first aid or CPR
training, or both, available to the pupils and employees of the
school district or school.
(2) Each school district that develops a program, or the school
district that has jurisdiction over a school that develops a program,
compiles a list of resources for first aid or CPR information, to be
distributed to all of the schools in the district.
(3) The first aid and CPR training are based on standards that are
at least equivalent to the standards currently used by the American
Red Cross or the American Heart Association.