La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LXXIX-2320

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 5, May 20, 2024

Section LXXIX-2320 - Health Education

A. One-half unit of health education course offerings is required.

1. Health education will include instruction on dating violence awareness and prevention in accordance R.S. 17:81.

2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) will be taught.

a. Instruction must be provided for CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator.

b. The instructional program must be nationally recognized and based on the most current national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines.

c. Students are required to perform hands-on practice.

d. The instructor is not required to be CPR-certified.

e. Students trained in CPR are not required to obtain CPR certification.

f. The physical presence of an automated external defibrillator is not required.

B. JROTC I and II may be used to meet the health education requirement if the following requirements are met.

1. A minimum of 2000 minutes of instructional time must be devoted to health education in JROTC I and II. Students must take both JROTC I and II to meet the health education requirement.

2. All standards and GLEs for health must be covered in JROTC I and II.

3. JROTC I and II must include the instruction listed in Subsection A of this Section.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LXXIX-2320

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 461085 (8/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6, 17:7, 17:24.4, and 17:81.