Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act (HR2151)
Current understanding
HR2151 would direct the U.S. Department of Education to award competitive grants to states, which would then issue subgrants to local educational agencies to train school personnel on seizure awareness, recognition, and response for students with epilepsy or seizure disorders. The bill extends the familiar ED competitive-grant/subgrant mechanism to a specific pediatric health condition in K-12 settings. Status: introduced in the 119th Congress; no committee action reported yet.
Evidence log
- 2025-04-10 — Protecting Children with Food Allergies Act of 2025: cross-connection with school-food-allergy-training: Parallel proposals requiring school personnel to receive condition-specific recognition-and-response training (food allergy vs. seizure), pointing to a broader trend of federally mandated health-emergency competencies for K-12 staff. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-03-14 — Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act: cross-connection with school-personnel-wellness-grants-hr8676: Both bills use ED competitive grants to LEAs to build school-personnel capacity — HR2151 for seizure response training, HR8676 for staff wellness. (novelty: 2)