One day last month, Lisa Sutter’s 7-year-old great-granddaughter, Carmen, came home and told her she had gone to her school nurse in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, but was turned away.

“ S he says there's some form you have to sign because they wouldn't let me stay in the nurse's office today,” Sutter said. “And I'm like, what are you talking about?”

Carmen was talking about a form required under Senate Bill 12 , Texas’ sprawling new education law. Sutter had already signed the district’s own permission slip – but the new law demanded new signatures before any student could legally receive care. Sutter hadn’t signed that form yet. 

Carmen has type 1 diabetes, requires insulin, and therefore already qualifies for a nurse’s attention. Sutter complained to the school bo

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