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.