Tex. Educ. Code § 38.173 · Subchapter D-1. TREATMENT OF CONCUSSIONS AFFECTING STUDENTS OTHER THAN STUDENT ATHLETES
CONCUSSION RESPONSE POLICY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A school district shall adopt and implement a policy regarding how to respond to a concussion believed to have been sustained by a student while on school property or participating in a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off school property.
(b) The policy adopted under Subsection (a) must provide for:
(1) the immediate removal of a student from a school-sponsored or school-related activity if a school district employee or volunteer believes the student might have sustained a concussion;
(2) notice to the student's parent or guardian or another person with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student of the student's suspected concussion and removal under Subdivision (1); and
(3) the student's return to a school-sponsored or school-related activity only after the requirements under Section 38.157(a) have been satisfied.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1021 (S.B. 2398), Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.38.htm
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