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School and Daycare

Must 11 to 19 year old students who self-monitor blood glucose be restricted to only testing in the school health office where a sharps container is located? What should the policy be concerning the used lancets?

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My son is now entering public kindergarten, and his teachers have convinced themselves that they cannot remember to give him his snack on time unless they use an outside alarm device. We have protested the use of this bell since day one of school in writing and verbally, and six weeks into the school year we found out they are still using it.

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The school allows my daughter to take her monitor and tablets with her to all classes, and do checks whenever she needs to. She does her blood sugar check, and eats in the lunchroom, but then then has to go down to the health room to administer her insulin. Does she have any rights that allow her to administer/carry her insulin/syringes with her?

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Is it legal for a public school to waive its responsibility, liability or accountability for the untimely or lack of carrying out the diabetes management plan if a school nurse is not available during school hours? Are there any other school districts in our state that waive such responsibilities? Where can I found out if this is common? How do I proceed to find out?

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My son attends a private school with no nurse, so I had to be available daily to deal with my son’s lunchtime shot. Are federally funded schools the only schools that have to “help” out parents?

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I want my seven year old son to begin testing his blood sugar in the classroom. How do I approach this? Is he old enough to do so?

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A student I care for is absent a lot, and his mom states it is because of his type 1 diabetes. When is the parent abusing the right to educate a child? What is the law on this?

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Is it legal for the school to penalize my child by giving him/her a different version of a test for one missed due to a diabetes-related absence?

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My daughter’s blood sugar was not checked before she took a standardized test. Do I have a legal right to insist she get another chance? Why did the elementary school say my daughter would not need a 504 plan until middle school?

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My son’s school wants a doctor’s note each time he is absent. Is there something that says a parental note is okay if the absence is diabetes related? My son has missed several days recently as we become familiar with his new pump.

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