§244d Promoting Student Access to Aeds and Cpr

Summary

The Secretary may give grants to eligible groups to set up programs that improve student access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in public elementary and secondary schools. Grant money may be used to make and share program materials, run CPR and AED training for students, staff, and sports volunteers, help create a school cardiac emergency plan, buy AEDs that are approved or cleared under section 360e, 360(k), or 360c(f)(2) of title 21, buy batteries and do required AED maintenance, and replace old AED or CPR equipment and teaching materials. To get a grant, the applicant must be a local educational agency (including a public charter school acting as an LEA) working with a qualified health care entity, and must apply to the Secretary when and how the Secretary asks. Elementary school, local educational agency, and secondary school have the meanings in section 7801 of title 20. A qualified health care entity is a public body or a tax-exempt organization (under section 501(c) and 501(a) of title 26) that can develop, train for, implement, and give technical help on AED and CPR programs.