GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 451
Short Title: Diabetes Education for Parents. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Cotham, Arp, Cunningham, and Kidwell (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and
Operations of the House
March 20, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL UNITS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT 2
DIABETES TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-375.3 reads as rewritten: 5
"ยง 115C-375.3. Guidelines to support and assist students with diabetes. 6
(a) Local boards of education and boards of directors of charter schools Governing bodies 7
of public school units shall ensure that the guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education 8
under G.S. 115C-12(31) are implemented in schools in which students with diabetes are enrolled. 9
In particular, the boards shall require the implementation of the procedures set forth in those 10
guidelines for the development and implementation of individual diabetes care plans. The boards 11
also shall make available necessary information and staff development to teachers and school 12
personnel in order to appropriately support and assist students with diabetes in accordance with 13
their individual diabetes care plans. 14
(b) Governing bodies of public school units shall ensure that each school provides parents 15
and legal guardians with information about type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the beginning of every 16
school year. This information shall include all of the following: 17
(1) A description of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. 18
(2) A description of the risk factors and warning signs associated with type 1 and 19
type 2 diabetes. 20
(3) A recommendation that if a student is displaying warning signs associated 21
with diabetes, the parent or guardian of the student consult with the primary 22
care provider of the student to determine if immediate screening for diabetes 23
is appropriate. 24
(4) A description of the screening process for and stages of diabetes. 25
(5) A recommendation that if a student receives a diabetes diagnosis, the parent 26
or guardian of the student consult with the primary care provider of the student 27
to develop an appropriate treatment plan. 28
(6) Notification that the school is required to assist students with diabetes in 29
accordance with the rules adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant 30
to G.S. 115C-12(31)." 31
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 32
Public Instruction the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 33 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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2025-2026 fiscal year to assist the Department in developing and distributing guidance to public 1
school units on implementing the provisions of this act. 2
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies beginning with 3
the 2025-2026 school year. 4