Diabetes at school, by state

Type 1 diabetes at school in Arizona

What Arizona law and the state’s own guidance say about insulin, glucagon, supplies and phones at school, with each source quoted. Checked 2026-10-06.

Can trained school staff give insulin?

With limits

A district or charter school may designate two or more school employees as voluntary diabetes care assistants, approved by the parent, who may give insulin when no licensed health professional is immediately available (A.R.S. § 15-344.01(C)). The policy is optional for the school. (azleg.gov)

Can trained school staff give glucagon?

With limits

Voluntary diabetes care assistants with a signed training statement may give glucagon in an emergency when no licensed health professional is immediately available (A.R.S. § 15-344.01(C)). Schools may stock glucagon under a standing order (A.R.S. § 15-344.01(E)). (azleg.gov)

Can a student carry supplies and manage diabetes at school?

With limits

A district or charter school may adopt policies that let students manage diabetes in the classroom, on school grounds, and at school-sponsored activities and carry their supplies, with a signed diabetes medical management plan (A.R.S. § 15-344.01(A), (B)). The statute makes these policies optional. (azleg.gov)

The American Diabetes Association’s Arizona page reads this differently: ADA answers yes and does not say that the statute lets each district or charter school choose whether to adopt the self-management policy.

Does the state publish a diabetes care plan form or guidelines?

No source found

A.R.S. § 15-344.01 refers to a diabetes medical management plan signed by a health professional, but no state form or state school diabetes guideline was found. The Department of Education school health page refused automated fetches. We found no statute or state agency page that answers this for Arizona. Ask the school nurse or the state Department of Education, and see the American Diabetes Association’s Arizona page.

Can a student keep a phone for the CGM in class?

Yes

District and charter school phone policies must let a student use a wireless communication device when the student needs it because of a medical condition (A.R.S. § 15-120.05, HB 2484 of 2025). The statute does not name diabetes or CGM. (azleg.gov)

Also in Arizona

A school employee may refuse to be a voluntary diabetes care assistant without penalty. A.R.S. § 15-120.05 was added by HB 2484 (2025, chapter 53). (azleg.gov)

Federal law applies in every state

Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act can cover a student with diabetes at a public school in every state, whatever the state law says; a 504 plan is where the student’s care at school is written down. The federal rules, with sources.

Sources, quoted

• azleg.gov: “In addition to the policies and procedures adopted pursuant to subsections A and B of this section, the school district governing board and the charter school governing body may adopt policies and procedures to designate two or more school employees to serve as voluntary diabetes care assistants.”
• azleg.gov: “Voluntary diabetes care assistants are allowed to administer insulin, assist the pupil with self-administration of insulin, administer glucagon in an emergency situation to a pupil or perform any combination of these actions if all of the following conditions exist:”
• azleg.gov: “is not immediately available to attend to the pupil at the time of the emergency.”
• azleg.gov: “If a school district governing board or charter school governing body obtains a standing order pursuant to this subsection, the school may stock one or more doses of glucagon at school sites for emergency administration to a pupil”
• azleg.gov: “The parent or guardian shall annually submit a diabetes medical management plan to the pupil's school that authorizes the pupil to carry appropriate medications and monitoring equipment and that acknowledges that the pupil is capable of self-administration of those medications and equipment.”
• azleg.gov: “The school district governing board and the charter school governing body may adopt policies and procedures for pupils who have been diagnosed with diabetes”
• azleg.gov: “The student needs the student's wireless communication device because the student has a medical condition.”
• azleg.gov: “A school district or charter school employee is not subject to any penalty or disciplinary action for refusing to serve as a voluntary diabetes care assistant pursuant to this section.”
• azleg.gov: “AN ACT amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-120.05; relating to public schools.”

Legal information, not legal advice. Laws change; the source page is the authority when it differs, and this page is rechecked each July. For help with a school, the American Diabetes Association’s legal advocates answer at 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383).