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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

     

     Introduced By: Senators McKenney, Britto, Murray, Appollonio, Lauria, and Urso

     Date Introduced: March 07, 2025

     Referred To: Senate Education

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 16-21 of the General Laws entitled "Health and Safety of Pupils" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     16-21-33.2. Duty to report - Cardiac emergency reporting.

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     (a) Any person who is an employee, agent, contractor, or volunteer of an educational

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program as defined in ยง 40-11-2, shall immediately notify the principal, headmaster, executive

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director, or other person in charge of the educational program, or their designated agent, if that

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person called emergency services in response to a child whom under the care and custody of the

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educational program suffered a cardiac emergency. The principal, headmaster, executive director,

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or other person in charge of the educational program, or their designated agent, shall be responsible

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for all subsequent notification to the department of education within twenty-four (24) hours, or its

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agent in the manner required by this section. In the case of a public educational program, the

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principal, headmaster, executive director, or other person in charge of the educational program, or

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their designated agent, shall also notify the superintendent of the public educational program.

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Nothing in this section is intended to require more than one report from any educational program

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for a specific emergency.

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     (b) In order to provide guidance and consistency in reporting, the commissioner of

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elementary and secondary education shall promulgate policies and procedures for the creation and

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handling of reports made by the principal, headmaster, executive director, or other person in charge

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of the educational program, or their designated agent in order to carry out the intent of this section.

 

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     (c)The department of education shall compile the data from the reports in a summary

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report. The annual summary report shall be submitted to the governor, the speaker of the house of

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representatives, and the president of the senate.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

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     This act would require immediate notification to the principal, headmaster, executive

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director, or other person in charge of the educational program, or their designated agent, if that

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person called emergency services in response to a child whom under the care and custody of the

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educational program suffered a cardiac emergency. This act would also require notification by the

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principal, headmaster, executive director, or other person in charge of the educational program, or

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their designated agent to the department of education within twenty-four (24) hours.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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