Teaching Children to Save Lives Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies or public elementary or secondary schools to implement nationally recognized cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training courses.
Allows a grant to be used to purchase an AED training device if the grantee implements or has implemented an AED training program in conjunction with a CPR training program.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3189 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3189
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide
grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external
defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 13, 2011
Mrs. Capps (for herself, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Lewis of Georgia,
Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Rangel, and Mr.
Towns) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide
grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external
defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teaching Children to Save Lives Act
of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the
United States.
(2) Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in
young athletes.
(3) Sudden cardiac arrest kills an estimated 5,000 to 7,000
children and young people per year--nearly 20 per day.
(4) The American Heart Association estimates that the lives
of 40,000 cardiac arrest victims could be saved each year
through initiating a course of action known as the chain of
survival.
(5) The chain of survival includes prompt notification of
emergency services and early cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(hereinafter referred to as ``CPR''), defibrillation, and
advanced cardiac life support.
(6) Only 36 States have a law or curriculum standard
encouraging CPR or automated external defibrillator
(hereinafter referred to as ``AED'') training in schools.
(7) A person experiencing sudden cardiac arrest has a 90
percent chance of survival if CPR and an AED is used within the
first minute after collapse.
(8) Over 64 percent of young athletes and others have
survived sudden cardiac arrest that occurred in a high school
with an AED program.
(9) An important part of school children's education is
learning healthy behaviors, including proper nutrition and
physical activity. This health education should also include
basic emergency life-saving skills.
(10) Teaching school children to perform the life-saving
skill of CPR, identify and respond to choking victims, and
recognize the signs of stroke and heart attack can improve
their confidence in responding to an emergency and encourage
continued efforts to update these skills after graduation,
thereby potentially reducing the rate of death from sudden
cardiac arrest, choking, and stroke.
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR CPR TRAINING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
(a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Education shall carry out
a program under which the Secretary is authorized to award grants to
eligible local educational agencies or targeted schools for
implementing nationally recognized CPR and AED training courses.
(b) Use of Funds.--A local educational agency or targeted school
under this Act may use the grant for--
(1) training individuals in CPR and AED skills and
instruction;
(2) obtaining printed informational or instructional
materials;
(3) obtaining manikins;
(4) obtaining AED training devices; and
(5) obtaining other equipment as determined appropriate by
the Secretary.
(c) Grant Eligibility.--
(1) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a local educational agency or targeted school
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information and certifications
as the Secretary may reasonably require.
(2) AED training devices.--To be eligible to use the grant
to obtain an AED training device, a local agency or targeted
school shall demonstrate to the Secretary that such agency or
school has implemented or intends to implement an AED training
program in conjunction with a CPR training program as of the
date of the submission of the application for the grant.
(d) Priority of Award.--In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall award such grants based on 1 or more of following
priorities:
(1) Demonstrated need for initiating a CPR or AED training
program in a targeted school or community served by targeted
schools.
(2) Demonstrated need for continued support of an existing
CPR or AED training programs in targeted schools or communities
served by targeted schools.
(3) Demonstrated need for expanding an existing CPR or AED
training program by adding training in the use of an AED.
(4) Opportunities to encourage and foster partnerships with
and among community organizations, including emergency medical
service providers, fire and police departments, nonprofit
organizations, public health organizations, and parent-teacher
associations to aid in providing CPR or AED training.
(5) Options to maximize the use of funds provided under
this section.
(e) Report Required.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which
funds are first appropriated to carry out the program, the Secretary
shall submit a report to Congress describing--
(1) grant amounts and recipients;
(2) how the funds were used; and
(3) the impact of the funds on the development of CPR and
AED training programs in schools implementing the grants.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Targeted school.--The term ``targeted school'' means a
public elementary school or secondary school that provides
education to students in any of grades 6 through 12.
(2) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational
agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2017.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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