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Nebraska Senator introduces Bill for CPR Requirement for high school graduation

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Senator Bill Avery, from Nebraska, has introduced Legislative Bill 365, which would require all high school students to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation before graduating high school. The current text of the bill says: Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, each student enrolled in a public high school in Nebraska, as a requirement for graduation, shall complete an instructional program established by …

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State of Oregon working toward making CPR Mandatory for High School Graduation

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While it’s still early, the State of Oregon has been working toward making CPR a mandatory requirement for high school graduation.  If they pass it, they’ll join Washington, Texas and Arizona, who are all very close to having mandatory CPR training in their high schools. In Oregon, Senate Bill 275 would require students to receive training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and …