Amends GS 115C-375.3 as follows. Requires governing bodies of public school units (was, local boards of education and boards of directors of charter schools) to ensure that the State Board of Education's guidelines for individual diabetes care plans are implemented in schools in which students with diabetes are enrolled. Requires that governing bodies of public school units ensure all schools provide parents and legal guardians information containing six described components relating to type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the start of each school year.
Appropriates $10,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for 2025-26 for developing and distributing guidance to public school units on implementing the act's requirements.
Effective July 1, 2025, and applies beginning with the 2025-26 school year.
DIABETES EDUCATION FOR PARENTS.
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AN ACT TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL UNITS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT DIABETES TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS.Intro. by Cotham, Arp, Cunningham, Kidwell.
Status: Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Mar 20 2025)
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