TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 12, 2025

Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) and the Ross Early Learning Center have agreed to settle allegations that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing to allow certain communications related to continuous glucose monitoring on behalf of a three-year-old student with Type 1 Diabetes. The agreement was announced by Robert E. McGuire, acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. According to the complaint, the child was prescribed a continuous glucose monitor, which would transmit an alarm if blood sugar dropped or spiked. The parents asked the learning center to monitor the device, which it agreed to do only until the school nurse left the property each afternoon. It also said it could not communicate with the parents about the device except by phone or email. Under the agreement, MNPS will modify its policies to provide monitoring devices, dedicated mobile devices to interface with the monitors and training to help staff manage alerts. It also will pay the family $1,000. Read more in a release from the U.S. attorney’s office.