# Title 15.1 — Elementary and Secondary Education

## Chapter 15.1-18.2 — Professional Development Plans

### § 15.1-18.2-01. Professional development plan - Adoption - Review by school district.

Repealed by S.L. 2011, ch. 147, § 43.
### § 15.1-18.2-02. Professional development plan - Review by superintendent of public

instruction.
Repealed by S.L. 2011, ch. 147, § 43.
### § 15.1-18.2-03. Professional development advisory committee - Duties - Staff support.

Repealed by S.L. 2011, ch. 147, § 43.
### § 15.1-18.2-03.1. Professional development advisory committee - Reimbursement of

members.
Repealed by S.L. 2011, ch. 147, § 43.
### § 15.1-18.2-03.2. Professional development - Discretionary.

A school administrator shall recommend professional development content areas
appropriate for a public school or school district to the board of a school district. The board of a
school district may designate professional development for a school district. Professional
development may include content areas, including behavioral, physical, or mental health.
Professional development must include the professional development training required under
section 15.1-21-12.1.
### § 15.1-18.2-04. Student athletics - Concussion management program - Requirements.

1. Each school district and nonpublic school that sponsors or sanctions any athletic
activity in this state and requires a participating student to regularly practice or train,
and compete, is subject to the terms of a concussion management program.
2. The concussion management program must set forth in clear and readily
comprehensible language the signs and symptoms of a concussion.
3. a. The concussion management program must require that a student be removed
from practice, training, or competition if:
(1) The student reports any sign or symptom of a concussion, as set forth in
accordance with this section;
(2) The student exhibits any sign or symptom of a concussion, as set forth in
accordance with this section; or
(3) A licensed, registered, or certified health care provider whose scope of
practice includes the recognition of concussion signs and symptoms
determines, after observing the student, that the student may have a
concussion.
b. The duty to remove a student under the conditions set forth in this subsection
extends to:
(1) Each official;
(2) The coach of a student; and
(3) Any other individual designated by the school district or nonpublic school as
having direct responsibility for the student during practice, training, or
competition.
4. The concussion management program must require that any student who is removed
in accordance with subsection 3 must be evaluated as soon as practicable by a
licensed health care provider who is acting within the provider's scope of practice and
trained in the evaluation and management of concussion, as determined by the
provider's licensing board.
5. a. A student who is evaluated in accordance with subsection 4 and believed to have
suffered a concussion may not be allowed to return to practice, training, or

competition until the student's return is authorized by a licensed health care
provider who meets the criteria set forth in subsection 4.
b. The authorization required by this subsection must be:
(1) In writing;
(2) Presented or forwarded to the individual designated by the student's school
district or nonpublic school for receipt of such authorizations; and
(3) Retained by the student's school district or school for a period of seven
years after conclusion of the student's enrollment.
c. Any health care provider who signs an authorization in accordance with this
section is acknowledging that the provider is acting within the provider's scope of
practice and is trained in the evaluation and management of concussion, as
determined by the provider's licensing board.
6. The concussion management program must require that each official, coach, and
individual designated by the school district or nonpublic school as having direct
responsibility for the student during practice, training, or competition receive biennial
training regarding the nature and risk of concussion.
7. The student's school district or nonpublic school shall ensure that before a student is
allowed to participate in the athletic activity described in subsection 1, the student and
the student's parent shall document that they have viewed information regarding
concussions incurred by students participating in athletic activities. The required
information must be provided by the student's school district or nonpublic school and
must be made available in printed form or in a verifiable electronic format.
8. This section does not create any liability for, or create a cause of action against:
a. A school district, its officers, or its employees;
b. A nonpublic school, its officers, or its employees; or
c. An official.
9. A school district or a nonpublic school may contract for and accept gifts, grants, and
donations from any public or nonpublic source, in order to meet the requirements of
this section.
10. For the purposes of this section, "official" means an umpire, a referee, a judge, or any
other individual formally officiating at an athletic event.
### § 15.1-18.2-05. Teacher support program - Establishment.

The education standards and practices board shall:
1. Establish and administer a teacher support program;
2. Employ an individual to serve as a teacher support program coordinator;
3. a. Select and train experienced teachers who will serve as mentors for first-year
teachers and assist the first-year teachers with instructional skills development; or
b. If a school district or other employing entity listed in section 15.1-18.2-07 is not in
need of mentors for its first-year teachers, select and train experienced teachers
who will work with school district administrators and administrators from the other
employing entities to identify the needs of the non-first-year teachers and help the
non-first-year teachers address their particular needs through the use of:
(1) Research-validated interventions; and
(2) Proven instructional methods.
### § 15.1-18.2-06. Teacher support program - Availability of services.

The education standards and practices board may use any moneys it receives for the
teacher support program to provide staff compensation, training, evaluation, and stipends for
mentors and experienced teachers who assist first-year and non-first-year teachers participating
in the program, and to pay for any other administrative expenses resulting from the program;
provided, however, that the board may not expend more than five percent of the moneys for
administrative purposes.

### § 15.1-18.2-07. Teacher support program - Authorized service recipients.

The education standards and practices board may provide support services to teachers
employed by:
1. School districts;
2. Special education units;
3. Area career and technology centers;
4. Regional education associations; and
5. Schools funded by the bureau of Indian education.
