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Committee hears testimony supporting law to require immediate academic accommodations after concussions
Summary
House Bill 3,007 would require Oregon school districts to implement immediate temporary accommodation plans for students diagnosed with concussions, and the House Education Committee heard broad expert and survivor support on March 19.
The House Education Committee on March 19 took testimony on House Bill 3,007, a bill requiring Oregon school districts to implement immediate temporary accommodation plans for students diagnosed with concussions or other brain injuries.
Sponsor Representative Courtney Neron said the 18-month, multi-stakeholder effort behind HB 3,007 responds to gaps in existing law that left some students without timely school accommodations while their brains healed. The bill would require districts to implement immediate and temporary plans (ITAPs), provide an initial period of physical-activity restrictions where needed, set a five-school-day timeline for…
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