Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
D.C. Public Schools will train at least two school employees at every campus to administer insulin shots and other emergency medicine to diabetic students, per an agreement signed with the federal education department.
The public school system also will be required to create a grievance process for students with disabilities who feel their rights have been violated.
At Davis Elementary, an 8-year-old student with diabetes was sent home -- then labeled truant and referred to child protective services -- whenever the school nurse was absent, according to a complaint filed by University Legal Services, the city's federally mandated legal advocacy group. The American Diabetes Association also joined the complaint.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/d.c.-...eement-with-feds/article/2506223#.UD2osNZlTjY
The public school system also will be required to create a grievance process for students with disabilities who feel their rights have been violated.
At Davis Elementary, an 8-year-old student with diabetes was sent home -- then labeled truant and referred to child protective services -- whenever the school nurse was absent, according to a complaint filed by University Legal Services, the city's federally mandated legal advocacy group. The American Diabetes Association also joined the complaint.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/d.c.-...eement-with-feds/article/2506223#.UD2osNZlTjY