Please vote in support of HB121. As an adult with lifelong food allergies, I was the ONLY student in my elementary school with this disease. Today, 2 of my children have food allergies &, on average, 1 in 13 children have them. Strict avoidance keeps us alive, and the quick use of epinephrine in the event of a reaction can save us. Epipen administration is simple; the hardest part for many people is getting over the fear of using it. The more one practices (with a trainer that has no needle) and the more one knows about signs of reactions & what to do in the event of one, the more likely one will be to take action in the event of an actual emergency. I commend the students at McLean HS for taking initiative with this project. Thank you for educating others on how to save my life and those of my children.

The Virginia PTA supports allergic reaction training for High School students.

The Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) has concerns regarding HB 121. We feel that this would negatively impact valuable instructional time for students and teachers. As our educators work diligently to help students recover from the effects of Covid on education, we feel that this information could be built into the Health and Physical Education curriculum, thereby reducing the effect on instructional time.

I support this bill. Can we get some attention on Special Education Students who have no access to Education as required by Federal Laws, that school divisions are violating day after day without repercussion, while students and families go broke fighting corrupt school divisions who always seem to have more than adequate funding to send millions of taxpayer education dollars to their Third Party School Board Attorneys instead of providing Appropriate Accessible Education as required by FAPE and IDEA?