10
Senate
Bill 298
By:
Senators Seay of the 34th, Brown of the 26th, Butler of the 55th, Jones of the
10th, Fort of the 39th and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 20-2-142 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to prescribed courses in education and the development and dissemination of
instructional materials on the effects of alcohol and drug use, so as to require
as a part of a course of study in secondary health education a course of study
in basic first aid; to provide for mandatory certification in basic first aid as
a condition of graduation from high school; to provide for related matters; to
provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 20-2-142 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
prescribed courses in education and the development and dissemination of
instructional materials on the effects of alcohol and drug use, is amended by
revising subsection (c) as follows:
"(c)
The State Board of Education shall prescribe a course of study in health and
physical education for all grades and grade levels in the public schools and
shall establish minimum time requirements and standards for its administration.
The course shall include instruction concerning the impact of alcohol, tobacco,
and drug use upon health.
The health
education course offered in eighth grade or a higher grade shall include a
one-time course of instruction in basic first aid. The basic first-aid course
shall provide standards for certification and provide an opportunity for
participating students to obtain a basic first-aid certification. Certification
in basic first aid shall be required as a condition of graduation from high
school in 2014 and any year thereafter. A
manual setting out the details of such courses of study shall be prepared or
approved by the State School Superintendent in cooperation with the Department
of Community Health, the state board, and such expert advisers as they may
choose. The Department of Education is directed to assemble or develop
instructional resources and materials concerning alcohol and drug abuse, taking
into consideration technological enhancements available for utilization of such
instructional resources.
Local school
boards are authorized to use volunteer instructors approved by the State Board
of Education for providing first-aid training, including but not limited to
trained volunteers from the American Red Cross or similar
organizations."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.