SB 584 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/13/2020 0479s
2020 SESSION
20-2888
06/01
SENATE BILL 584
AN ACT relative to policies for students with head injuries.
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Grassie, Straf. 11
COMMITTEE: Education and Workforce Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of education to collaborate with the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire to develop a return to learning policy and plan for students with concussions and brain injuries.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/13/2020 0479s 20-2888
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to policies for students with head injuries.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Head Injury Policies for Students. Amend RSA 200 by inserting after section 62 the following new subdivision:
Head Injury Policies for Students
200:63 Head Injuries; Return to Learning Policy and Plan.
I. The department of education shall collaborate with the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire to develop a concussion and traumatic brain injury return to learning policy and plan for school districts. The plan shall include a recommendation on school-based concussion and brain injury in-service training.
II. The school board of each school district shall adopt a concussion and traumatic brain injury return to learning policy school education program.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.