GUIDELINES FOR THE CARE OF STUDENTS WITH DIABETES IN TH...

GUIDELINES FOR THE CARE OF STUDENTS WITH DIABETES IN THE SCHOOL SETTING

TASK FORCE ON DIABETES IN THE SCHOOLS
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
JANUARY 2000
David C. Hespe
Commissioner
Barbara Anderson
Assistant Commissioner
Division of Student Services
Prepared by Philip Brown and Marilyn Kent
Office of Educational Support Services and Interagency Initiatives
Gloria Hancock, Director

New Jersey Department of Education
PO Box 500
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0500
January 2000

Introduction
Chapter 7, laws of 1999 established the Task Force on Diabetes in the Schools. The task force was charged with developing guidelines on the most appropriate and effective means of providing for the needs of the students with diabetes in the school setting. According to the statute, the guidelines must include a standardized but flexible system of procedures to enable a school to implement an individualized treatment plan for a student with diabetes; the establishment of basic procedures to ensure that a school works in conjunction with the student’s parents and medical care providers; and the establishment of procedures to ensure that a student’s diabetes care is integrated into the usual school routine to the greatest extent possible. These guidelines do not represent a mandate to schools, but establish best practice standards for the care of children with diabetes in the school setting.

Diabetes is considered a disability (under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973) when it substantially limits a major life activity. Under Section 504, students with diabetes are entitled to some degree of accommodation so that they can have access to the activities, programs and services provided by public schools.

NJ Department of Education
PO Box 500
Trenton, NJ 08625-0500
(609)292-4469

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