Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act
Key claim: HR2151 would direct the Department of Education to award competitive grants to states and subgrants to local educational agencies to train school personnel on seizure awareness and preparedness for students with epilepsy or seizure disorders.
Abstract
(HR2151 · 119th Congress) Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for carrying out a program that supports elementary and secondary students who have epilepsy or a seizure disorder. Specifically, LEAs must use these subgrants to train school personnel on seizure awareness and preparedness that covers individualized health care plans and individualized emergency health care plans for students who have epilepsy or a seizure disorder. Latest action (2025-03-14): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Why this matters
For students with epilepsy and their families, trained school personnel can materially affect safety outcomes during a seizure event, and federal grant support lowers the cost barrier for LEAs to adopt standardized training. For institutions, the bill would add another categorical competitive-grant stream layered onto existing ED school-health training authorities without creating a new mandate. It fits a broader pattern of Congress attaching condition-specific personnel training (naloxone, mental health, seizures) to Department of Education grant vehicles.