STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1663

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 110

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.R. No. 110 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE INSTRUCTION IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION INTO HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Board of Education to include instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation into health education curriculum for students in grades nine through twelve in all public schools in the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the American Heart Association.

Your Committee finds that in the State, emergency medical services teams treat nearly one thousand one hundred cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year, with only nine percent of these victims surviving. Your Committee further finds that cities that have increased training for cardiopulmonary resuscitation have seen cardiac arrest survival rates reach up to sixty percent. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation training as a high school graduation requirement and at least seventy-five percent of public high school students in the United States that are graduating this year will have learned lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation in their schools. By incorporating cardiopulmonary resuscitation training into health education curriculum for all students in grades nine through twelve in the State, there is a less likelihood that Hawaii residents will not feel helpless to act during a cardiac arrest emergency and survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests will increase.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 110 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair