‘‘(5) Recognized opportunities to maximize the 
use of funds provided under this section. 
‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an eligible local educational 
agency shall provide matching funds from non-Fed-
eral sources in an amount equal to not less than 25 
percent of the total grant amount. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the 
requirement of paragraph (1) for an eligible local 
educational agency if the number of children counted 
under section 1124(c)(1)(A) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the local edu-
cational agency is 20 percent or more of the total 
number of children aged 5 to 17, inclusive, served by 
the eligible local educational agency. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘eligible local educational agency’ 
means a local educational agency, as defined in sec-
tion 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, that has established a plan to 
follow the guidelines and carry out the recommenda-
tions described under section 399V–6(a) regarding 
cardiac emergencies. 
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‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
SCHOOL.—The term ‘eligible 
school’ means a public elementary, middle, or sec-
ondary school, including any public charter school 
that is considered a local educational agency under 
State law, and which is not an Internet- or com-
puter-based community school. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
2015 through 2020. 
‘‘SEC. 399V–8. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE CARDIAC CONDI-
TIONS IN EXISTING RESEARCH AND INVES-
TIGATIONS. 
‘‘The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention shall develop data collection methods, to be in-
cluded in the School Health Policies and Practices Survey 
authorized under section 301, that are being carried out 
as of the date of enactment of the SAFE PLAY Act, to 
determine the degree to which school administrators, edu-
cators, school health professionals, coaches, families, and 
other appropriate individuals have an understanding of 
cardiac issues. Such data collection methods shall be de-
signed to collect information about— 
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‘‘(a) the ability to accurately identify early symptoms 
of a cardiac condition, such as cardiomyopathy, cardiac 
arrest, and sudden cardiac death; 
‘‘(b) the dissemination of training described in section 
399V–6(a)(3) regarding the proper performance of 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and 
‘‘(c) the dissemination of guidelines and training de-
scribed in section 399V–6(a)(4) regarding the placement 
and use of automatic external defibrillators.’’. 
SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF YOUTH ATHLETE 
CONCUSSIONS. 
Part E of title IX of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7881 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking the heading relating to subpart 
2 and inserting the following: ‘‘Subpart 3— 
Other Provisions’’; and 
(2) by inserting after subpart 1, the following 
new subpart: 
‘‘Subpart 2—State Requirements for the Prevention 
and Treatment of Concussions 
‘‘SEC. 9511. MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning for fiscal year 2016, 
as a condition of receiving funds under this Act for a fiscal 
year, a State shall, not later than July 1 of the preceding 
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fiscal year, certify to the Secretary in accordance with sub-
section (b) that the State has in effect and is enforcing 
a law or regulation that, at a minimum, establishes the 
following requirements: 
‘‘(1) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY
CONCUS-
SION SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Each local 
educational agency in the State (including each pub-
lic charter school that is considered a local edu-
cational agency under State law), in consultation 
with members of the community in which the local 
educational agency is located and taking into consid-
eration the guidelines of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention’s Pediatric Mild Traumatic 
Brain Injury Guideline Workgroup, shall develop 
and implement a standard plan for concussion safety 
and management for public schools served by the 
local educational agency that includes— 
‘‘(A) the education of students, school ad-
ministrators, educators, coaches, youth sports 
organizations, parents, and school personnel 
about concussions, including— 
‘‘(i) training of school personnel on 
evidence-based concussion safety and man-
agement, including prevention, recognition, 
risk, academic consequences, and response 
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for both initial and any subsequent concus-
sions; and 
‘‘(ii) using, maintaining, and dissemi-
nating to students and parents release 
forms, treatment plans, observation, moni-
toring, and reporting forms, recordkeeping 
forms, and post-injury and prevention fact 
sheets about concussions; 
‘‘(B) supports for each student recovering 
from a concussion, including— 
‘‘(i) guiding the student in resuming 
participation in school-sponsored athletic 
activities and academic activities with the 
help of a multidisciplinary concussion man-
agement team, which shall include— 
‘‘(I) a health care professional, 
the parents of such student, and other 
relevant school personnel; and 
‘‘(II) an individual who is as-
signed by the public school in which 
the student is enrolled to oversee and 
manage the recovery of the student; 
‘‘(ii) providing appropriate academic 
accommodations aimed at progressively re-
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