82R4527 VOO-D
By: Dukes H.B. No. 944
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.