Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act

This bill would require each state that receives federal K-12 education funds, and does not already meet these standards, to adopt concussion rules by the end of the fifth full fiscal year after the bill becomes law. Each local school district would have to create a concussion safety and management plan, and public schools would have to post concussion information on school grounds and their websites. A student suspected of having a concussion would have to be removed from school athletic activity and could not return until a health care professional gives a written release. Concussion management teams would recommend academic supports for recovering students. States that do not comply would lose 5 percent of their federal K-12 education funds in the first year and 10 percent in each later year.

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Sponsors

• Mark DeSaulnier Democrat sponsor
• 6 cosponsors