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Pennsylvania Diabetes School Care Legislation

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is one of twenty-seven (27) States that do not have diabetes safe at school care laws in place. Currently, Pennsylvania has over 8000 students attending school with diabetes, a number that has increased by 43% over the past nine years while during the same time period student enrollement has decreased 3%. Please support this law that will ensure that all children, including those with diabetes receive a safe appropriate public education ensuring that school staff have the tools and knowledge to ensure each child returns home at the end of the day. 
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Pennsylvania is one of twenty-seven States that do not have diabetes school care laws in place. Currently Pennsylvania has over 8000 student attending school each day, a number that has increased 42% over the past nine years, while at the same time school total enrolement has decreased by 3% (based on the PA Dept. of Health statistics).
 

House bill #1113  and Senate Bill #737 was recently introduced and is currently pending in the House education Committee. This bill amends the Public School Code of 1949 by requiring:



  • Training of school employees in diabetes care and treatment and require at least three school employees in addition to the school nurse from each school to have such training.



  • Require Diabetes management plans



  • Amend Policy to allow for independent monitoring and treatment of diabetes and allowing students to possess at all times the supplies and medication necessary to perform self-monitoring and treatment



  • Require at least one trained person to be on site and available to provide care and treatment during school hours and all school sponsored activities.



  • Immunity from civil liability


This bill would be a god send for the parents of children with diabetes creating a worry free educational environment for the thousands of children with diabetes that attend school in Pennsylvania each day. Diabetes is one of the leading chronic diseases for school age children with 1 in 6 girls and 1 in 8 boys born last year developing the disease before the age of twenty, and as per the CDC is the fifth-deadliest disease in the United States.
 
The legislation outlined in these bills has been proven to provide the awarness, training, and preparedness that will ensure each child, including those with diabetes recieve a safe, appropriate public education, within cost effective means committing Pennsylvania to see that 8000 children with diabetes return home to their families each day and is supported by the the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Position Statement on School Diabetes Care.

Therefore, we the undersigned request that you support House Bill #1113  and Senate Bill #737 and encourage your colleagues in both the House and Senate to do the same, and thank you for your time and commitment on this life saving issue.  

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