TITLE: Relating to membership and duties of local school health advisory councils.

SUMMARY: Relating to membership and duties of local school health advisory councils.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to membership and duties of local school health advisory councils. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 28.004(d) and (m), Education Code, are amended to read as follows: (d) The board of trustees shall appoint at least five members to the local school health advisory council. A majority of the members must be persons who are parents of students enrolled in the district and who are not employed by the district. One of those members shall serve as chair or co-chair of the council. The board of trustees also may appoint one or more persons from each of the following groups or a representative from a group other than a group specified under this subsection: (1) public school teachers; (2) public school administrators; (3) district students; (4) health care professionals; (5) the business community; (6) law enforcement; (7) senior citizens; (8) the clergy; [and] (9) nonprofit health organizations;and (10) local domestic violence programs.(m) In addition to performing other duties, the local school health advisory council shall submit to the board of trustees, at least annually, a written report that includes: (1) any council recommendation concerning the school district's:(A) health education curriculum and instruction or related matters that the council has not previously submitted to the board; and (B) policies, programs, and resources on dating violence, bullying, and sexual harassment; (2) any suggested modification to a council recommendation previously submitted to the board; and (3) a detailed explanation of the council's activities during the period between the date of the current report and the date of the last prior written report. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.