HBA-NLM C.S.H.B. 578 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 578 By: Giddings Public Education 5/6/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law provides that the staff development provided by a school district must be conducted in accordance with minimum standards developed by the commissioner of education, or a person designated by the commissioner, for program planning, preparation, and improvement. C.S.H.B. 578 provides that the staff development must include training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid. In addition, C.S.H.B. 578 provides that a school district employee who serves as the head coach or chief sponsor for an extracurricular athletic activity, including cheerleading, must 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. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 21.451(a), Education Code, to provide that school district staff development must include training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid. Makes nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 2. Amends Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, by adding Section 33.086, as follows: Sec. 33.086. CERTIFICATION IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND FIRST AID. Provides that a school district employee who serves 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 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. Requires each school district to adopt procedures for administration of this section including the time and manner in which proof of current certification must be submitted. SECTION 3. (a) Provides that Section 21.451(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 1999-2000 school year. (b) Provides that Section 33.086, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning January 1, 2000. SECTION 4. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 578 modifies the original in the caption to include reference to "staff development training." C.S.H.B. 578 modifies the original in SECTION 1 by removing the proposed amendment to Section 28.002 (a), Education Code. The original proposed to include specific instructions in the principles and techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation given at least once at the seventh grade level or above in the required health curriculum. C.S.H.B. 578 modifies the original by adding a new SECTION 1 (Section 21.451(a), Education Code) to provide that school district staff development must include training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid. C.S.H.B. 578 modifies the original in SECTION 2 (proposed Section 33.086, Education Code) by providing that a school district employee who serves as the head coach or chief sponsor, rather than a coach or assistant coach, for an extracurricular athletic activity, including cheerleading, sponsored or sanctioned by a school district or the University Interscholastic League, must 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. C.S.H.B. 578 modifies the original in SECTION 3(a) to provide that Section 21.451(a), Education Code, rather than 28.002 (a)(2)(B), as amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 1999-2000 school year.