Student Athlete Evaluation

House committee hearing focuses on head injuries in student athletes.
The New York Times (5/21, B17, Schwarz) reports that the House Committee on Education and Labor heard testimony Thursday "on how head injuries affect the student in student-athletes." The hearing "centered on girls -- who, studies indicate, may be more susceptible to concussions than boys." Committee chairman George Miller (D-CA) "arranged for the hearing as well as a Government Accountability Office report on youth sports concussions."
The Washington Post (5/21, Carrera) notes that the GAO's report "highlighted an underestimation of" the number of concussions "by three national databases and inconsistencies among state laws" that deal with "return-to-play guidelines in high school sports." Currently, states are considering "legislation that would require high school athletes who have suffered head injuries to be medically cleared before returning to play."