North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H451: Diabetes Education for Parents.
Status: Introduced, May 19, 2026
What the bill says
An act to require public school units to provide information about diabetes to parents and legal guardians.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL UNITS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT DIABETES TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-375.3 reads as rewritten: "§ 115C-375.3. Guidelines to support and assist students with diabetes.Diabetes support and awareness. (a) Local boards of education and boards of directors of charter schools Governing bodies of public school units shall ensure that the guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education under G.S. 115C-12(31) are implemented in schools in which students with diabetes are enrolled. In particular, the boards governing bodies shall require the implementation of the procedures set forth in those guidelines for the development and implementation of individual diabetes care plans. The boards governing bodies also shall make available necessary information and staff development to teachers and school personnel in order to appropriately support and assist students with diabetes in accordance with their individual diabetes care plans. (b) Governing bodies of public school units shall ensure that each school provides parents and legal guardians with information about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes at the beginning of every school year. This information shall include all of the following: (1) A description of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. (2) A description of the risk factors and warning signs associated with …
Sponsors
- Cotham (R) · primary sponsor
- Arp, Dean (R, 69) · primary sponsor
- Cunningham, Carla D. (I, 106) · primary sponsor
- Kidwell, Keith (R, 79) · primary sponsor
- Belk, Mary (D, 88)
- Brown, Gloristine (D, 8)
- Buansi, Allen (D, 56)
- Carney, Becky (D, 102)
- Cervania, Maria (D, 41)
- Crawford, Sarah (D, 66)
- Dew, Aisha O. (D, 107)
- Harrison, Pricey (D, 61)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations
- : Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- : Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EDUCATION, KINDERGARTEN, HEALTH EDUCATION, FAMILY ISSUES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CURRICULUM
Common questions
- What is H451?
- H451 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Diabetes Education for Parents.
- What does H451 do?
- In its own words: An act to require public school units to provide information about diabetes to parents and legal guardians.
- What is the status of H451?
- Introduced as of May 19, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations (May 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored H451?
- Cotham (R), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H451?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H451
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