83R5207 MEW-F
By: Patrick H.B. No. 1018
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to development of goals and policy recommendations for
increasing physical activity and improving fitness among public
school students.
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) include goals to increase physical activity and
improve fitness among students;
(10) provide for a program to encourage parental
involvement at the campus; and
(11) [(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 or [to] vigorous physical
activity as required by Section 28.002(l); and
(F) any other indicator recommended by the local
school health advisory council.
SECTION 2. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (l-1) and amending Subsection (m) to read as
follows:
(l-1) The local school health advisory council shall
establish a physical activity and fitness planning subcommittee to
consider issues relating to student physical activity and fitness
and make policy recommendations to increase physical activity and
improve fitness among students.
(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) any recommendations made by the physical activity
and fitness planning subcommittee.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.