Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1714



By Senator Jones





34-01135-23 20231714__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to instructions on emergency first aid
3 for choking; amending s. 1003.02, F.S.; requiring a
4 poster containing specified information relating to
5 choking to be placed in public school cafeterias;
6 providing requirements for the placement of such
7 posters; providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (1) of
12 section 1003.02, Florida Statutes, to read:
13 1003.02 District school board operation and control of
14 public K-12 education within the school district.—As provided in
15 part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are
16 constitutionally and statutorily charged with the operation and
17 control of public K-12 education within their school districts.
18 The district school boards must establish, organize, and operate
19 their public K-12 schools and educational programs, employees,
20 and facilities. Their responsibilities include staff
21 development, public K-12 school student education including
22 education for exceptional students and students in juvenile
23 justice programs, special programs, adult education programs,
24 and career education programs. Additionally, district school
25 boards must:
26 (1) Provide for the proper accounting for all students of
27 school age, for the attendance and control of students at
28 school, and for proper attention to health, safety, and other
29 matters relating to the welfare of students in the following
30 areas:
31 (k) Instructions on emergency first aid for choking.
32 Require a poster that contains step-by-step instructions on how
33 to provide emergency first aid for choking on conscious
34 individuals to be posted in each public school cafeteria within
35 the school district. The poster must be easily visible and
36 prominently placed.
37 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.