Parents there report that the programs allow them to spend more time with their children, to increase their school involvement and to reduce the complexities of their daily schedules. TPR encourages public school districts to develop worksite schools wherever appropriate to help hold down new construction costs, improve student services and increase parents' ability to participate in their children's public education. Improving health care delivery to school children. Kids from low-income families are four times more likely than others to miss school because of illness. They suffer higher rates of many disorders, most of which could be easily prevented with a minimum of care.
Schools provide a unique opportunity to improve health care for Texas children.
From immunizations to counseling to early screening, school-based clinics can help children and their parents find the access to basic health care they often lack. It also costs less to treat them on campus than in hospital emergency rooms. A few Texas communities have established school-based health clinics. The Dallas Independent School District, for example, began providing health care services to adolescents as far back as 1969. In San Antonio, officials support more than a dozen cam-pus clinics.