Type 1 diabetes at school in Delaware
What Delaware law and the state’s own guidance say about insulin, glucagon, supplies and phones at school, with each source quoted. Checked 2026-10-06.
| Insulin by trained staff | No source found |
| Glucagon by trained staff | No source found |
| Self-carry | No source found |
| State plan or guidelines | No source found |
| Phone for the CGM | Yes |
Can trained school staff give insulin?
No source found
No fetchable Delaware statute or agency source on insulin given by unlicensed school staff was found. The Board of Nursing rule (24 Del. Admin. Code 1900) and the Department of Education medication rules are on a site that loads only with JavaScript and could not be read. We found no statute or state agency page that answers this for Delaware. Ask the school nurse or the state Department of Education, and see the American Diabetes Association’s Delaware page.
The American Diabetes Association’s Delaware page reads this differently: ADA answers no, quoting a Board of Nursing rule that medication administration may not be delegated to unlicensed staff; that rule text could not be fetched to confirm.
Can trained school staff give glucagon?
No source found
No Delaware statute or agency source that names glucagon for school staff was found. The Nurse Practice Act does not apply to assistance by anyone in an emergency (24 Del. C. § 1921(a)(2)), but it does not name glucagon or schools. We found no statute or state agency page that answers this for Delaware. Ask the school nurse or the state Department of Education, and see the American Diabetes Association’s Delaware page.
Can a student carry supplies and manage diabetes at school?
No source found
No Delaware statute on student self-carry or self-management of diabetes was found. The Department of Education rule on district medication policies (14 Del. Admin. Code 612) could not be fetched. We found no statute or state agency page that answers this for Delaware. Ask the school nurse or the state Department of Education, and see the American Diabetes Association’s Delaware page.
Does the state publish a diabetes care plan form or guidelines?
No source found
No Delaware Department of Education or Department of Health and Social Services diabetes care plan form or school diabetes guideline was found. 14 Del. C. § 4150 requires the Department of Health and Social Services to post type 1 diabetes informational material for parents, which is not a care plan. We found no statute or state agency page that answers this for Delaware. Ask the school nurse or the state Department of Education, and see the American Diabetes Association’s Delaware page.
Can a student keep a phone for the CGM in class?
Yes
Each school district and charter school must adopt a student cell phone policy, and the policy must include exceptions for emergency situations and medical or educational accommodations (14 Del. C. § 4124). The statute does not name diabetes or CGM. (delcode.delaware.gov)
The American Diabetes Association’s Delaware page reads this differently: ADA calls this unclear and describes only a phone-pouch pilot; 14 Del. C. § 4124 now requires a medical accommodation exception in every district policy.
Also in Delaware
The Nurse Practice Act excludes assistance by anyone in an emergency (24 Del. C. § 1921(a)(2)). 14 Del. C. § 4150 requires type 1 diabetes informational material for parents. (delcode.delaware.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
- delcode.delaware.gov: “(6) Exceptions that address, and are applicable to, emergency situations and medical or educational accommodations.”
- delcode.delaware.gov: “Each school district and charter school shall adopt a policy, with educator input, about cell phone use by students during school hours that, at a minimum, must include all of the following:”
- delcode.delaware.gov: “This chapter does not apply to the following situations: (1) Nursing services rendered during an epidemic or a state or national disaster; (2) The rendering of assistance by anyone in the case of an emergency;”
- delcode.delaware.gov: “The Department of Health and Social Services, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall post existing appropriate informational materials on type 1 diabetes on the Department of Health and Social Services' website.”
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).