HB1225eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 22-80 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/22-80 new)

Sec. 22-80. CPR training video.

(a) In this Section:

"Interscholastic athletics" means all athletic contests or competitions conducted between or among school entities.

"School entity" means a public school, school district, or nonpublic school recognized by the State Board of Education.

(b) A school entity shall require all physical education teachers and all coaches and referees of interscholastic athletics, student athletes, and athletic trainers to annually watch a training video, provided free of charge to the entity and of no more than 15 minutes in length, on hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.