A 2012 breakfast meeting at the Sherwood Diner turned into legislation to educate parents, coaches and high school athletes about the effects of concussions.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was at the Staples field house Monday for a ceremonial signing of Public Act 14-66, a law that updates requirements for education, requires parents’ informed consent for students to play, and institutes data collection on brain injuries and treatment, among other things.

“This is a complex piece of legislation,” Malloy said, “going far further than simply warning people of concussions. There are real requirements in this legislation about education plans, about gathering information, about reporting and making sure that everyone is aware as they can be.”

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ALBEMARLE, N.C. –

A student was shot by a fellow student outside a North Carolina high school just minutes before classes began Tuesday morning, and the shooting suspect then waited for police to arrive, authorities said.

The shooting happened around 7:40 a.m. as the two male students argued in an on-campus courtyard at Albemarle High School, Albemarle Police Chief William Halliburton said at a news conference.

The shooter, identified only as a juvenile, put down his gun after firing two shots, walked into the principal’s office and waited for police. Halliburton said.

“We had the suspect immediately in custody,” said Halliburton, who had 20 officers from several jurisdictions at the school about 35 miles east of Charlotte within minutes.

Halliburton identified the shooting victim as Bernard Miller, 17. The chief said he was told Miller was shot in the hip and lower abdomen. He provided no additional details on Miller’s condition.

The school was on lockdown Tuesday morning as investigators spoke to witnesses. The chief said he doesn’t think any other students were involved in the argument or shooting, but they haven’t finished their interviews.

Halliburton also said the shooting was not part of a bigger threat to the high school.

“This was a personal, one-on-one confrontation,” Halliburton said.

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