Legislative Update

In our latest newsletter, we discussed the details of the new civics legislation and the student athlete concussion legislation.  We wanted to let you know that both trailer bills that we mentioned, which delay the implementation of these laws, have been signed into effect.

P.A. 99-0185 provides that the civics requirement will be in effect for high schoolers entering the ninth grade in the 2016-2017 school year and from that time on.

P.A. 99-0486 pushes the implementation date for the concussion requirements back to the 2016-2017 school year.  The concussion law was actually in effect for most of “football season” and so many schools will likely continue to implement what was already put into place to prepare for the 2016-2017 school year full, legally required implementation.

Don’t forget, our April 14, 2016 Firm Workshop will highlight the new student discipline legislation, and these other legislative updates, in order to prepare for a successful 2016-2017 school year.