• Laws and policies regarding students carrying their own inhalers, vary from state to state and school district to school district. 
  
  
• Check with your school as to their policy about students carrying their own inhalers. 
  
  
• The goal in asthma treatment is for the young person to be as independent as possible in 
• recognizing signs of a flare-up and 
• self-administering the appropriate medication as written in your child’s Asthma Action Plan.

See the following article from the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: 

When Should Students With Asthma or Allergies Carry and Self-Administer Emergency Medications at School?