SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(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) Sudden cardiac arrest kills an estimated 
5,000 to 7,000 children and young people per year— 
nearly 20 per day. 
(4) The American Heart Association estimates 
that the lives of 40,000 cardiac arrest victims could 
be saved each year through initiating a course of ac-
tion known as the chain of survival. 
(5) The chain of survival includes prompt noti-
fication 
of 
emergency 
services 
and 
early 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (hereinafter referred 
to as ‘‘CPR’’), defibrillation, and advanced cardiac 
life support. 
(6) Only 36 States have a law or curriculum 
standard encouraging CPR or automated external 
defibrillator (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘AED’’) 
training in schools. 
(7) A person experiencing sudden cardiac arrest 
has a 90 percent chance of survival if CPR and an 
AED is used within the first minute after collapse. 
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(8) Over 64 percent of young athletes and oth-
ers have survived sudden cardiac arrest that oc-
curred in a high school with an AED program. 
(9) An important part of school children’s edu-
cation is learning healthy behaviors, including proper 
nutrition and physical activity. This health education 
should also include basic emergency life-saving skills. 
(10) Teaching school children to perform the 
life-saving skill of CPR, identify and respond to 
choking victims, and recognize the signs of stroke 
and heart attack can improve their confidence in re-
sponding to an emergency and encourage continued 
efforts to update these skills after graduation, there-
by potentially reducing the rate of death from sud-
den cardiac arrest, choking, and stroke. 
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 under this Act may use the grant for— 
(1) training individuals in CPR and AED skills 
and instruction; 
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(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. 
(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: 
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(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 programs in tar-
geted schools or communities served by targeted 
schools. 
(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 
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(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. 
(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 2012 
through 2017. 
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