SB52 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arthur Orr Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to the Alabama Safe at Schools Act; to add Section 16-30A-3.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975 and to amend Sections 16-30A-5 and 16-30A-7, Code of Alabama 1975; to include adrenal insufficiency as a condition for which the State Board of Education is required to develop guidelines to train school employees under the act; to authorize certain school employees to administer injectable medications to students with an adrenal insufficiency; and to require local boards of education to ensure that students with an adrenal insufficiency have their medical needs met and are not excluded from certain activities.

Description

Under existing law, the Alabama Safe at Schools Act provides that certain school personnel may be trained to administer injectable medication to a student with diabetes.

This bill would amend the Alabama Safe at Schools Act to apply to students with an adrenal insufficiency.

This bill would allow certain school personnel to be trained to administer injectable medication to a student with an adrenal insufficiency.

This bill would require the State Board of Education to develop guidelines for the training of school employees in the care needed to treat students with an adrenal insufficiency, and would require local boards of education to provide that training.

This bill would also prohibit a student with an adrenal insufficiency from being excluded from public school or extra-curricular activities because of his or her medical condition.

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