House Sponsors: BURKE-ERWIN, HOWARD, GILES, FEIGENHOLTZ AND TURNER,ART. Short description: CRITICAL HEALTH ED-1ST AID-CPR Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that one of the major educational areas in which the State Board of Education establishes a minimum amount of instruction time as part of the required comprehensive health education program of a school district shall include instruction and applied training in grades kindergarten through 8 in basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Adds that the school district may arrange to provide the applied training on a volunteer basis through local police and firefighter departments, emergency medical services agencies, and related service organizations such as the American Red Cross and Save-a-Life Foundations. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 110/3 Adds reference to: New Act 30 ILCS 105/5.449 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.12 new Changes the title, deletes everything after the enacting clause, and adds provisions that create the Automobile Renting Excise Tax Act and amend the School Code and State Finance Act. Imposes a tax of $1 per rental agreement on the privilege of using in Illinois an automobile that is rented for a period of one year or less from a rentor. Defines terms and includes provisions excepting certain transactions (such as the lease of a vehicle under a consumer lease) from the tax. Provides for deposit of the tax proceeds into the First Aid Education and Applied Training Fund in the State Treasury, from which appropriations may be made to fund a 3-year pilot program under which basic first aid instruction and education and applied training are provided by public entities and private not-for-profit organizations to students in grades K-8 from participating school districts. Provides that the program is to be administered by the State Board of Education and authorizes the State Board of Education to make grants to the participating school districts and the organizations and entities providing the instruction and applied training and services (such as local police and fire departments, volunteer fire departments, emergency medical services agencies, and related service organizations such as the Save-A-Life Foundation and the American Red Cross. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (State Board of Ed.) HB208, amended, will have no adverse impact on the budgets of ISBE or local school districts. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (State Board of Ed.) No change from SBE mandates note. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status