Relating to certain policies and procedures related to concussions or other brain injuries sustained by public school students.

Contracts

• Vendor MSAs: Review Master Service Agreements with third-party providers (after-school care, enrichment programs). You must amend indemnification clauses to require vendors to adopt concussion protocols mirroring the district’s statutory obligations.
• Volunteer Agreements: Update waivers to include acknowledgment of the duty to report suspected head injuries.

Hiring/Training

• Universal Training: Training is no longer limited to athletic staff. You must train all faculty and staff (including recess monitors and classroom teachers) on the "suspect and remove" protocol during August 2025 in-service.
• Handbook Updates: Update Employee Handbooks to explicitly define the duty of non-athletic staff to remove a student from activity upon suspicion of injury.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• Incident Reporting: Update Student Information Systems (SIS) to flag "suspected concussion" in general incident reports to trigger statutory notification timelines.
• Chain of Custody: You must retain the physician's written clearance statement before allowing a student to return to the specific activity where the injury occurred.
• Accommodation Tracking: If adopting the TEA framework, you must document the date the accommodation form was provided to the parent and the date it was distributed to relevant teachers.

Fees & Costs

• Budget Impact: While the LBB cites no fiscal implication to the state, districts should budget for increased legal counsel fees to draft new policies and potential increases in liability insurance premiums due to expanded tort exposure.