2.00 (1)
Department: The Department of Education created and
existing pursuant to section
24-1-115, C.R.S.
2.00 (2)
Local Education
Provider: A school district, a charter school authorized by a
school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title, a charter
school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of
article 30.5 of this title, or a board of cooperative services created and
operating pursuant to article 5 of this title that operates one or more public
schools.
2.00 (3)
Psychomotor Skills Development: The use of hands-on
practice that supports cognitive learning.
2.00
(4)
State Board: The State Board of
Education created and existing pursuant to Section 1 of Article IX of the State
Constitution.
2.00 (5)
Currently Certified in CPR: The person has completed
training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation from a nationally recognized
evidence- based certification program within the preceding two years.
2.00 (6)
Coach: Head
and assistant coaches of all athletic programs recognized by the Colorado High
School Activities Association (CHSAA).
2.00
(7)
Qualified Cardiopulmonary
Instructors: Instructors that have successfully completed a
nationally recognized instruction and have maintained current certification to
teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
2.01
Grant awards for the Instruction of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation to
Students and Coaches.
Local education providers may apply for a grant or grants to
provide instruction to students in any of grades nine through twelve and school
staff in any of grades nine through twelve in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and
the use of an automated external defibrillator. The instruction funded pursuant
to section
22-1-129, C.R.S., must include a
nationally recognized, psychomotor-skills-based instructional program that
reflects current, national, evidence-based, emergency cardiovascular care
guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated
external defibrillator.
2.01 (1)
Application Timeline. Subject to
available appropriations, applications will be due to the Department on or
after September 1 in each year that funding is available.
2.01 (2)
Application
Procedures. The Department will be the responsible agency
for implementing the Instruction of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation to Students
and Coaches Grant Program. The Department will develop a Request for Proposal
(RFP), pursuant to the Department's RFP process and pursuant to the
requirements and timelines found in
22-1-129, C.R.S.
2.01 (3)
Number and Amount
of Grants. No more than 200 grants will be awarded and
distribution of funds will be subject to available appropriations.
2.01 (4)
Geographic
Distribution. The Department will award grants through a
balanced distribution of grant moneys to applicants including rural, urban and
suburban local education providers.
2.01
(5)
Reporting. In any fiscal
year in which the general assembly makes an appropriation to the department for
the purposes of the program, each education provider that receives a grant
through the program will report to the Department of Education at the end of
the school year. This report will include:
2.01 (5)
(a) The program used for instruction;
2.01 (5) (b) The number of classes
taught;
2.01 (5) (c) The number of
students completing the instruction;
2.01 (5)
(d) The number of coaches certified in CPR; and
2.01 (5) (e) An accounting of the funds used
to provide these trainings.
2.02
Requirement for certification of
public school athletic coaches in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of
automated external defibrillators.
By January 1, 2015, all coaches currently employed by local
education providers must have current certification in CPR. The program must
also include training regarding the use of automated external
defibrillators.
