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General Assembly recognizes March 2025 as National Athletic Training Month; directs secretary of state to notify VAAT
Summary
The Vermont General Assembly adopted House Concurrent Resolution CR61 recognizing March 2025 as National Athletic Training Month and directed the secretary of state to send a copy to the Vermont Association of Athletic Trainers.
The Vermont General Assembly adopted House Concurrent Resolution CR61 recognizing March 2025 as National Athletic Training Month and directed the secretary of state to send a copy of the resolution to the Vermont Association of Athletic Trainers (VAAT).
The resolution describes athletic trainers as health-care professionals who provide acute and emergency care, examination, assessment and diagnosis, injury prevention, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation. It notes that athletic trainers work in schools, colleges, private industry, rehabilitation clinics and the U.S. armed forces. The clerk’s reading references VAAT, the Vermont organization organized in 1982, and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), which the transcript states represents more than 45,000 members nationwide.
CR61 also cites the General Assembly’s prior recognition of athletic trainers and references the 1998 Acts and Resolves No. 108, codified as 26 V.S.A. chapter 83, which provides for the licensure of athletic trainers in Vermont. The adopted resolution directs the secretary of state to send a copy to VAAT.
During the session several guests connected to athletic training were noted in the gallery: the clerk announced the presence of members of the Vermont Association of Athletic Trainers and athletic trainers from the University of Vermont Athletic Medicine Department. The transcript also recorded that students and staff from Kurn Hattin (listed in the transcript with variant spellings) were present to lead the devotional and sing in the chamber; members invited them to stand and be recognized.
A member identified in the transcript as the Member from Berkshire spoke in support of the resolution, praising athletic trainers for prevention work and for supporting athletes, workers and older Vermonters; the member noted athletic trainers’ roles in mobility restoration and mental-health recognition.
The resolution was adopted pursuant to the consent calendar, according to the clerk’s statement in the transcript; no roll-call vote or amendment was recorded in the provided excerpt.
