Texas Statutes
§ 38.173 — CONCUSSION RESPONSE POLICY.
Texas § 38.173
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Bluebook
Tex. Education Code Code Ann. § 38.173 (2026).
Text
Sec. 38.173. CONCUSSION RESPONSE POLICY.
(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-spons
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1021 (S.B. 2398 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2025.
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 38.173, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/ED/38.173.