By Illinois News Network
SPRINGFIELD – A measure to ensure there are proper procedures to get kids back into the classroom after suffering a concussion passed the Illinois Senate on Thursday.
Senate Bill 7 from Democratic State Sen. Kwame Raoul of Chicago urges school districts to develop policies to ensure children in all education levels, from grade school to high school, ease back into the classroom after receiving a head injury.
“We often focus on return to play without realizing that reading and exposure to computers, overly exercise your brain, exacerbating concussion symptoms,” Raoul said.
Earlier this week, before the bill passed out of the Education Committee, Raoul said two of his children recently suffered concussions. His son is back in action while his daughter is still struggling to fully recover.
The amended measure, if passed in the House and signed by the governor, would require a doctor to sign off before a student could return to sports or the classroom and provides for school-specific emergency action plans.
