STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1159-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 163
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.C.R.
No. 163 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING CPR TRAINING IN HIGH
     SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge all
public schools to implement a CPR training program for students
and require all students to take and pass this CPR training
program.

     The Honolulu Fire Department, the State Fire Council, the
Hawaii State Chapter of the American Red Cross, the American
Heart Association-Hawaii Affiliate, the Hawaii Medical
Association, and two individuals testified in support of this
measure.  The Department of Education and Kaiser Permanente
supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Health
offered comments.

     Your Committee finds that states which have mandatory CPR
training for high school students have substantially higher
survival rates for heart attack and stroke victims.  Furthermore,
the cost of implementing this program is minimal compared to the
lives it will save.


 
 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Requesting that private high schools implement a CPR
          program for their students;

     (2)  Adding the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools to
          the list of those to receive certified copies of the
          concurrent resolution; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 163,
as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No.
163, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education,



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair