Amends GS 115C-12(23), which details the State Board of Education’s (SBOE) power to adopt rules for interscholastic athletic activities, to add that the rules must provide the following: (1) all employees or volunteers instructing or training members of a school athletic team must receive annual training on recognizing the symptoms of a concussion and seeking proper medical care for a concussion, with training completed before the beginning of the sport season, if possible; and (2) a member of a school athletic team is not allowed to participate in any athletic event or training on the day the member is diagnosed with a concussion or exhibits signs consistent with a concussion after an observed or suspected blow to the head or body; allows the member to participate on a subsequent day only if the team member no longer exhibits signs of a concussion and receives a medical release. Includes whereas clauses. Applies beginning in the 2011-12 school year.