# 119-s-1024: Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act

119-s-1024, Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1024
- Congress: 119
- Title: Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-13
- Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Improves seizure awareness and preparedness in schools by funding training and creating individualized health and emergency plans for students with epilepsy or seizure disorders.** The bill would set up a competitive federal grant program to give money to states and local school districts to run that training and implement the plans. - Students and families: Would get two formal care documents for each student — an individualized health care plan and an individualized emergency health care plan — developed with the student's health care provider, parent, and the school nurse to guide daily care and emergencies. - School staff and bus drivers: Would receive approved training at least every two years on seizure recognition, first aid, and medication administration, and bus drivers transporting affected students would get condition notice, emergency contacts, and basic first-aid guidance. - Local districts and states: Could use grant funds to train staff, help administer seizure medications, recruit compliance staff, and run student education and accommodations programs. *Authorizes $34.5 million in appropriations for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to carry out the grant program.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for school seizure support: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would create competitive federal grants to states to support students with epilepsy or seizure disorders. It would authorize $34,500,000 for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. States could award subgrants to local school districts. Schools could use funds for staff training on sei…
- Liability protections for school staff: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would protect school employees from liability for good‑faith acts or omissions that follow this section. The protection would cover school nurses, bus drivers, aides, and other school officers. The shield would not apply to willful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness.
- School individualized health plans: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would define two school health documents for students with epilepsy: an individualized emergency health care plan and an individualized health care plan. Both would be developed with the student’s health care provider, the parent, and the school nurse and signed by them. The pl…
- School training and coordination rules: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require local districts that get subgrants to make the school nurse obtain parent permission to share medical information when a plan is requested. The nurse would coordinate epilepsy care at the school. Schools would train all staff at least once every two years, includi…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-2231: GLOBE Act of 2025
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-1024 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1024)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-2231: GLOBE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2231)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1024 (as of 2025-12-21).