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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL AND YOUTH PROGRAM CONCUSSION ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Cotter, Casimiro, Handy, McNamara, Speakman, Kislak, | |
Date Introduced: March 27, 2024 | |
Referred To: House Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 16-91-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-91 entitled "School and |
2 | Youth Programs Concussion Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 16-91-2. Definitions. |
4 | For the purpose of this section chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, |
5 | unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: |
6 | (1) "Skateboarding" means an athletic pursuit where a person utilizes a humanpowered |
7 | board with wheels attached to the underside of the board and the board is ridden by an individual |
8 | standing balanced on the board. |
9 | (2) the term “youth "Youth sports programs" means any program organized for recreational |
10 | and/or athletic competition purposes by any school district or by any school participating in Rhode |
11 | Island Interscholastic League Competition, and whose participants are nineteen (19) years of age |
12 | or younger. |
13 | SECTION 2. Chapter 16-91 of the General Laws entitled "School and Youth Programs |
14 | Concussion Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
15 | 16-91-5. Skateboarding as interscholastic school sport. |
16 | The department of elementary and secondary education and the department of health shall |
17 | work in concert with the Rhode Island Interscholastic League to develop and implement |
18 | skateboarding as a youth sports program in Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competition. The |
19 | sport of skateboarding may also be provided by a school as an intramural sport. Both the department |
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1 | of elementary and secondary education and the department of health may promulgate rules and |
2 | regulations, either separately or in tandem, to address issues related to this sport. |
3 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL AND YOUTH PROGRAM CONCUSSION ACT | |
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1 | This act would authorize the sport of skateboarding to be a youth sports program that is |
2 | part of Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competition. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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