Enacts GS 115C-12(50) to require the State Board of Education (State Board) to adopt rules for the installation, use, and maintenance of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in public school units. Lists five required components of the rules, including placement of at least two AEDs in each school and implementation of an appropriate training course for school personnel in the use of AEDs, as specified. 
Amends GS 115C-47, GS 115C-150.12C, GS 115C-218.75, GS 115C-238.66, GS 116-11, and GS 115C-562.5  requiring local boards of education, schools for deaf and blind students, charter schools, regional schools, the UNC Board of Governors for all public secondary schools under their instruction, and nonpublic schools accepting eligible students receiving scholarship grants who have facilities where students attend in-person classes, to develop policies for the installation, maintenance, and use of AEDs pursuant to the rules adopted by the State Board under the new GS 115C-12(50).
Appropriates $9.2 million from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for 2025-26 to be allocated by the Superintendent to governing bodies of public school units in the amount of $4,000 per school for the purchase and installation of two AEDs per school and to train personnel on their proper use.
Appropriates $2.8 million for 2025-26 from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors to be allocated by the State Education Assistance Authority to all nonpublic schools that accept eligible students receiving scholarship grants in the amount of $4,000 per school for the purchase and installation of two AEDs per school and to train personnel on their proper use.
Effective July 1, 2025, and applies beginning with the 2025-26 school year.

Statutes affected:
Filed: 115C-12, 115C-47, 115C-150.12C, 115C-218.75, 115C-238.66, 116-11, 115C-562.5
Edition 1: 115C-12, 115C-47, 115C-150.12C, 115C-218.75, 115C-238.66, 116-11, 115C-562.5