Current state law allows school districts to maintain certain health related items including epinephrine autoinjectors, opioid overdose reversal medication, and automated external defibrillators.

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According to the United States Department of Homeland Security, "Stop the Bleed"?is a national awareness campaign that encourages bystanders to become trained and equipped to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives.

Bleeding Control Equipment.? Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, school districts, charter schools, and state-tribal education compact schools?must maintain and make available bleeding control equipment on each school campus for use in the event of a traumatic injury. ?Schools must inspect and inventory this equipment annually and after each use, and replace equipment as necessary. School districts are encouraged to implement these requirements during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years.

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Bleeding control equipment must include:?

• a tourniquet endorsed by, or approved for use in battlefield trauma care by, the United States Department of Defense Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care;
• a compression bandage;
• a bleeding control bandage;
• latex-free gloves;
• permanent markers;
• scissors; and
• instructional documents.

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The equipment may include other medical materials and equipment.

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Training.? Each school must have a minimum of two employees per school who have completed training on using the bleeding control equipment.? If a school has more than 1000 students it must have one trained employee per 500 students.

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School districts may use trainings produced by the United States Department of Homeland Security, the American College of Surgeons, or similar organizations.