By Giddings, Hodge, Chavez, McReynolds,                H.B. No. 821
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction for public
 1-3     school students.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 7.025 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 7.025.  ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER
 1-8     ENTITIES CONCERNING CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION INSTRUCTION. The
 1-9     agency, through regional education service centers, shall provide
1-10     assistance in implementing the cardiopulmonary resuscitation
1-11     instruction required under Section 28.002(a)(2)(B) to school
1-12     districts and to any entity collaborating with school districts in
1-13     providing that instruction.
1-14           SECTION 2.  Section 28.002(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-15     read as follows:
1-16           (a)  Each school district that offers kindergarten through
1-17     grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum:
1-18                 (1)  a foundation curriculum that includes:
1-19                       (A)  English language arts;
1-20                       (B)  mathematics;
1-21                       (C)  science; and
1-22                       (D)  social studies, consisting of Texas, United
1-23     States, and world history, government, and geography; and
1-24                 (2)  an enrichment curriculum that includes:
1-25                       (A)  to the extent possible, languages other than
 2-1     English;
 2-2                       (B)  health, with specific instruction in the
 2-3     principles and techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation given at
 2-4     least once at the ninth grade level or above;
 2-5                       (C)  physical education;
 2-6                       (D)  fine arts;
 2-7                       (E)  economics, with emphasis on the free
 2-8     enterprise system and its benefits;
 2-9                       (F)  career and technology education; and
2-10                       (G)  technology applications.
2-11           SECTION 3.  Section 28.002(a)(2)(B), Education Code, as
2-12     amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school
2-13     year.
2-14           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.