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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Require Public Schools To Offer Instruction Related to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated External Defibrillator’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6304, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 267, §1, is amended to read:
§ 6304.Automated external defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
School boards may place automated external defibrillators in occupied school buildings and at school athletic events. School personnel and members of the public may receive training on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use automated external defibrillators in order to acquire the skills and confidence to respond to emergencies. In accordance with rules adopted by the department, public schools shall offer training to students on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use automated external defibrillators. Rules adopted under this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.’
Amend the bill in section 2 in the 4th line (page 1, line 9 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "use" the following: 'pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6304'
Amend the bill in section 2 in the last 6 lines (page 1, lines 18 to 23 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "By the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year, every school that is required to participate in the system of learning results set forth in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6209 shall implement instruction in CPR and use of an AED based on the rules adopted by the commissioner. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A." and inserting the following: 'The rule must be designed to ensure that the requirements of Title 20-A, section 6304 can be met by a public school without the public school's being required to expand or modify its activity so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues.'
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment:
1. Removes the requirement that every student develop proficiency in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator as part of the system of learning results; and
2. Requires public schools to offer training to students on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use automated external defibrillators in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Education. The rules must be designed to ensure that the training requirements can be met without a public school's being required to expand or modify its activity so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues.