82R1472 CAS-D
By: Nelson S.B. No. 225
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to including in public school campus improvement plans and
in local school health advisory council reports to school district
boards of trustees certain goals and objectives or information in
order to promote improved student health.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.253(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Each campus improvement plan must:
(1) assess the academic achievement for each student
in the school using the student achievement indicator system as
described by Section 39.053;
(2) set the campus performance objectives based on the
student achievement indicator system, including objectives for
special needs populations, including students in special education
programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
(3) identify how the campus goals will be met for each
student;
(4) determine the resources needed to implement the
plan;
(5) identify staff needed to implement the plan;
(6) set timelines for reaching the goals;
(7) measure progress toward the performance
objectives periodically to ensure that the plan is resulting in
academic improvement;
(8) include goals and methods for violence prevention
and intervention on campus;
(9) provide for a program to encourage parental
involvement at the campus; [and]
(10) if the campus is an elementary, middle, or junior
high school, set goals and objectives for the coordinated health
program at the campus based on:
(A) student fitness assessment data, including
any data from research-based assessments such as the school health
index assessment and planning tool created by the federal Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention;
(B) student academic performance data;
(C) student attendance rates;
(D) the percentage of students who are
educationally disadvantaged;
(E) the use and success of any method to ensure
that students participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity
as required by Section 28.002(l); and
(F) any other indicator recommended by the local
school health advisory council; and
(11) include goals and objectives to ensure campus
compliance with the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy under
Subchapter A, Chapter 26, Title 4, Texas Administrative Code.
SECTION 2. Section 28.004(m), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(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 health education curriculum and instruction or related
matters that the council has not previously submitted to the board;
(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; and
(4) for each district elementary, middle, or junior
high school campus, a detailed explanation of the extent and manner
of the campus's compliance with:
(A) the requirement under Section 11.253(d)(10)
for the campus to set, in the campus improvement plan, goals and
objectives for the coordinated health program at the campus; and
(B) the district's requirements, in accordance
with Section 28.002(l), concerning student participation in
moderate to vigorous physical activity.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
school year.
SECTION 4. 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.