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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
EDUCATION,
INCLUDING
BY
MODIFYING
PROVISIONS
RELATED
TO
THE
IOWA
DYSLEXIA
BOARD
AND
REQUIRING
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
TO
PREPARE
A
REPORT
RELATED
TO
CARDIAC
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
PLANS
AND
AUTOMATED
EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATORS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
256.32A,
subsection
5,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5.
This
section
is
repealed
July
1,
2027
2032
.
Sec.
2.
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
——
AUTOMATED
EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATOR
AND
CARDIAC
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
PLANS
——
REPORT.
1.
As
used
in
this
section:
a.
“Automated
external
defibrillator”
means
a
lightweight,
portable
device
that
delivers
an
electric
shock
through
the
chest
to
the
heart
to
stop
an
irregular
heartbeat
and
allow
normal
heartbeat
rhythm
to
resume
following
cardiac
arrest.
b.
“Cardiac
emergency
response
plan”
means
a
written
document
that
establishes
the
specific
steps
to
be
taken
by
employees
or
contractors
of
a
school
to
respond
to
incidents
involving
an
individual
experiencing
cardiac
arrest
or
a
similar
life-threatening
emergency
on
school
property,
during
physical
education,
during
an
extracurricular
athletic
activity
or
contest,
during
practice
associated
with
an
extracurricular
athletic
activity
or
contest,
or
during
a
school-sponsored
activity,
and
to
reduce
the
likelihood
of
the
individual’s
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death
from
cardiac
arrest
or
a
similar
life-threatening
emergency.
c.
“School”
means
all
of
the
following:
(1)
A
school
district
organized
pursuant
to
chapter
274.
(2)
A
charter
school
established
pursuant
to
chapter
256E.
(3)
A
charter
school
or
innovation
zone
school
established
pursuant
to
chapter
256F.
2.
The
department
of
education,
in
coordination
with
each
school,
shall
prepare
a
report
that
includes
information
related
to
all
of
the
following:
a.
The
number
of
schools
that
have
adopted
and
implemented
a
cardiac
emergency
response
plan.
b.
The
number
of
automated
external
defibrillators
owned
by
each
school,
regardless
of
whether
any
such
automated
external
defibrillator
is
in
good
working
order,
and
where
each
automated
external
defibrillator
is
located
on
the
school’s
property.
3.
The
department
of
education
shall
submit
the
report
described
in
subsection
2
to
the
general
assembly
on
or
before
January
15,
2027.
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2474,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor