HARTFORD, Conn. – A move to mandate CPR training for students in Connecticut public schools took a step forward Monday with the approval of the legislature’s Public Health Committee.
Many schools in the state already do offer instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation but, as State Sen. Terry Gerratana, D-New Britain, said during Monday’s committee meeting, the proposed language “requires as opposed to encourages” CPR training in public schools.
When it was aired during public hearing in February, the bill, S.B. 684, was the subject of some passionate testimony. Among those who spoke in favor of the measure was Sen. Paul Formica, R-Bozrah.
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