Department of Education

 

GDForum ID: 2870

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Description of Proposed Guidance Document Changes

Pursuant to Chapter 372 of the 2025 Regular Session, the Virginia General Assembly expanded the K-12 school policy to require each public elementary or secondary school to develop a cardiac emergency response plan (CERP) or an athletic emergency action plan (EAP), as those terms are defined in the bill, which addresses the appropriate response by school personnel to incidents involving an individual who is experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while on school grounds and, in the event that such school has an athletic department or organized athletic program, while attending or participating in an athletic practice or event. This change revises the Guidelines for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Student Athletes (2020) to include the requirements of Chapter 372 as one document for schools to use.

 

Step 2

Guidance Document(s) for this Comment Forum

Document ID	Document Title	Current Document	Proposed Document	Revised Proposed
School Safety	Guidelines for Policies on Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention in Student Athletes	Document	Proposed Document

 

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