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By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 741


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation for certain school district employees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 33.086, Education Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A school district employee who serves as the head 
director of a school marching band or as the head coach or chief 
sponsor for an extracurricular athletic activity, including 
cheerleading, sponsored or sanctioned by a school district or the 
University Interscholastic League must maintain and submit to the 
district proof of current certification in first aid and 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation issued by the American Red Cross, the 
American Heart Association, or another organization that provides 
equivalent training and certification.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.