(1) Heart disease is the leading cause of death 
in the United States. 
(2) Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause 
of death in young athletes. 
(3) Each year there are nearly 10,000 cases of 
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children nationwide. 
(4) Receiving proper treatment known as the 
chain of survival can double or triple the chances of 
survival of a victim of cardiac arrest. 
(5) The 5 links in the chain of survival are 
prompt notification of emergency services, early 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (in this Act referred 
to as ‘‘CPR’’), rapid defibrillation, effective ad-
vanced life support, and integrated post-cardiac ar-
rest care. 
(6) A person experiencing sudden cardiac arrest 
has a 90-percent chance of survival if CPR and an 
automated external defibrillator (in this Act referred 
to as ‘‘AED’’) are used within the first minute after 
collapse. 
(7) An important part of the education of 
school children is learning healthy behaviors, includ-
ing proper nutrition and physical activity, and that 
education should also include basic emergency life- 
saving skills. 
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(8) Teaching school children to recognize and 
respond to the signs of cardiac arrest, stroke, and 
choking and to perform the life-saving skill of CPR 
can improve their confidence in responding to an 
emergency and encourage continued efforts to up-
date these skills after graduation, thereby potentially 
reducing the rate of death from sudden cardiac ar-
rest, stroke, and choking. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR CPR TRAINING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall carry out a program under which the Sec-
retary is authorized to award grants to eligible local edu-
cational agencies or targeted schools for implementing na-
tionally recognized CPR and AED training courses. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency or 
targeted school receiving a grant under this section may 
use the grant for— 
(1) training individuals in CPR and AED skills 
and instruction; 
(2) obtaining printed informational or instruc-
tional materials; 
(3) obtaining manikins; 
(4) obtaining AED training devices; and 
(5) obtaining other equipment as determined 
appropriate by the Secretary. 
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(c) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, a local educational agency 
or targeted school shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information and certifications as the 
Secretary may reasonably require. 
(2) AED TRAINING DEVICES.—To be eligible to 
use the grant to obtain an AED training device, a 
local agency or targeted school shall demonstrate to 
the Secretary that such agency or school has imple-
mented or intends to implement an AED training 
program in conjunction with a CPR training pro-
gram as of the date of the submission of the applica-
tion for the grant. 
(d) PRIORITY OF AWARD.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Secretary shall award such grants based 
on 1 or more of following priorities: 
(1) Demonstrated need for initiating a CPR or 
AED training program in a targeted school or com-
munity served by targeted schools. 
(2) Demonstrated need for continued support of 
an existing CPR or AED training program in tar-
geted schools or communities served by targeted 
schools. 
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(3) Demonstrated need for expanding an exist-
ing CPR or AED training program by adding train-
ing in the use of an AED. 
(4) Opportunities to encourage and foster part-
nerships with and among community organizations, 
including emergency medical service providers, fire 
and police departments, nonprofit organizations, 
public health organizations, and parent-teacher asso-
ciations to aid in providing CPR or AED training. 
(5) Options to maximize the use of funds pro-
vided under this section. 
(e) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which funds are first appropriated to carry 
out the program, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
Congress describing— 
(1) grant amounts and recipients; 
(2) how the funds were used; and 
(3) the impact of the funds on the development 
of CPR and AED training programs in schools im-
plementing the grants. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) TARGETED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘targeted 
school’’ means a public elementary school or sec-
ondary school that provides education to students in 
any of grades 6 through 12. 
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(2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 
through 2020. 
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