89R6001 RAL-F     By: Alvarado S.B. No. 865       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the   use of automated external defibrillators for school district,   private school, and open-enrollment charter school employees and   volunteers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 22.902(c) and (e), Education Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (c)  Each school nurse, assistant school nurse, athletic   coach or sponsor, physical education instructor, marching band   director, cheerleading coach, and any other school employee   specified by the commissioner and each student who serves as an   athletic trainer must participate in the instruction in   cardiopulmonary resuscitation and [in] the use of an automated   external defibrillator. A person described by this subsection must   receive and maintain certification in cardiopulmonary   resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator   from the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or a   similar nationally recognized association.          (e)  [This subsection applies only to a private school that   receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or   receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated   external defibrillator.] A private school or open-enrollment   charter school shall adopt a policy under which the school makes   available to school employees and volunteers instruction in the   principles and techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the   use of an automated external defibrillator. The policy must comply   with the requirements prescribed by this section and commissioner   rules adopted under this section, including the requirements   prescribed by Subsection (c).          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   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, 2025.