It would bar public schools from refusing to admit students with diabetes or refusing to let them participate in extra-curricular activities or go on field trips. The bill's supporters rejected that because it's too expensive and it teaches kids that only medical professionals can care for diabetes. School bus drivers would have to be taught how to get help in an emergency, probably by watching a videotape. Still, a handful of legislators who complain the legislation would be too burdensome, some at the request of education officials, have been playing legislative games with the bill to avoid its debate. That's probably the only way they can keep it from passing the House, since 98 of the 124 representatives signed on as sponsors.
Opponents ought to back off.