OLR Report 2014-R-0209 examines “return to learn” efforts in other states to help student athletes return to the classroom following a concussion.
Massachusetts regulations require each student diagnosed with a concussion to have a written graduated reentry plan for return to both athletic and
academic activities.
A Nebraska law passed in 2014 requires schools to establish a return to learn protocol for students that sustain a concussion. The protocol must recognize that such students who have returned to school may need informal or formal accommodations, curriculum modifications, and monitoring by medical or academic staff until they are fully recovered.
In 2007, the Pennsylvania Department of Health created the Brain Strategies Teaching Educators, Parents, and Students (BrainSTEPS) program, which helps school districts create educational plans for students after they receive a concussion or traumatic brain injury.
For more information, read the full report.
