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SDLA Compliance Resource

Provide Type 2 Diabetes Information to Parents of Incoming Seventh-Grade Pupils

A required awareness notice explaining type 2 diabetes, risk factors, warning signs, screening options, prevention/treatment context, and where families can seek medical guidance.

  • Health
  • Diabetes
  • Parent Notice
Date(s)Before or as pupils enter seventh grade
Applies toCalifornia LEAs serving incoming seventh-grade pupils under Education Code section 49452.7

In Plain Language: Give parents/guardians of incoming seventh graders the CDE-developed type 2 diabetes information. It describes the condition, risk factors and warning signs, screening tests, prevention/treatment context, and the recommendation to consult a health-care provider.

Why this matters

The notice supports awareness at an age when risk may become more visible. It must inform without stigmatizing body size, race/ethnicity, family history, disability, or health status.

Joint ownership

Notice owner: enrollment/health services. Partners: middle-school administration, counseling, physical education, nutrition, language access, communications, and Section 504/IEP staff as applicable.

From CDE information to type 2 diabetes awareness for 7th-grade families: the SDLA ITO workflow

The notice describes risk and screening, and any individual support plan is handled separately and privately. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the current CDE information and translations, and the incoming seventh-grade roster become the distribution record, the staff guidance and referral log, and the confidential plans kept apart.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the current CDE information and translations, and the incoming seventh-grade roster, through distribution, a private question route, staff preparation, and separate individual support, to the distribution record, the staff guidance and referral log, and the confidential plans kept apart.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers distribution, a private question route, staff preparation, and separate individual support; Output covers the distribution record, the staff guidance and referral log, and the confidential plans kept apart. Provide before or as pupils enter seventh grade.

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Operational workflow

  1. Confirm the current CDE information and translations; define the incoming seventh-grade population.
  2. Distribute in an accessible, understandable format before or at entry and retain delivery evidence.
  3. Provide a private route for questions and referrals to health-care/community resources.
  4. Train staff to avoid stigma and to respond appropriately to concerning symptoms or a disclosed diagnosis.
  5. For diagnosed pupils, separately activate medical orders, accommodations, trained coverage, meals/activity support, and emergency planning.

The notice should answer

  • What is type 2 diabetes?
  • What risk factors and warning signs may justify discussing screening with a provider?
  • What screening tests may a provider use?
  • Where can a family obtain reliable medical guidance?

Evidence to retain

  • Current CDE master and translations
  • Incoming seventh-grade roster
  • Distribution and undeliverable follow-up
  • Accessibility/stigma review and staff guidance
  • Question/referral log; confidential individual plans kept separately

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify current law, official health guidance, local health-department instructions, licensed-provider orders, individual pupil circumstances, and local policy before acting. This operational resource does not replace clinical judgment or emergency services.