Appropriate school personnel shall be certified in first aid, CPR, and AED use, as provided in the act. The school personnel required to be trained shall be determined by the cardiac emergency response plan and shall include, but shall not be limited to, athletic coaches, school nurses, and athletic trainers. Schools shall not be required to purchase AEDs unless the General Assembly specifically appropriates funds.
Nothing in the act prohibits schools from seeking alternative funding sources.
This provision is similar to SS/SCS/SBs 166 & 155 (2025), SCS/SBs 1032 & 1081 (2024), and provisions in and SCS/HB 232 (2025), HB 416 (2025), and HB 1991 (2024).