| 1 | 1 | | By: Nelson S.B. No. 65 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2012; January 28, 2013, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Education; |
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| 4 | 4 | | March 20, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 0; March 20, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to a program to recognize public schools with successful |
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| 11 | 11 | | student health and fitness programs. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 38.027 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 38.027. HEALTHY SCHOOLS RECOGNITION PROGRAM. (a) The |
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| 16 | 16 | | commissioner shall establish a healthy schools recognition program |
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| 17 | 17 | | under which schools are recognized for successfully implementing |
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| 18 | 18 | | programs that encourage student health and fitness. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A school may apply to the commissioner for recognition |
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| 20 | 20 | | as a gold, silver, or bronze healthy school. The commissioner shall |
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| 21 | 21 | | determine whether a school qualifies for recognition and the level |
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| 22 | 22 | | for which the school qualifies based on: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) improvement in the results of the physical fitness |
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| 24 | 24 | | assessment instrument administered under Subchapter C; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) implementation of a coordinated health program |
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| 26 | 26 | | under Section 38.014, if the school applying for recognition is an |
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| 27 | 27 | | elementary school, middle school, or junior high school; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) the involvement of the local school health |
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| 29 | 29 | | advisory council established under Section 28.004; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) compliance with student minimum physical activity |
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| 31 | 31 | | requirements under Section 28.002(l); |
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| 32 | 32 | | (5) recent recognition, by a public or private entity |
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| 33 | 33 | | approved for the purpose by the commissioner, for successfully |
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| 34 | 34 | | implementing a program that encourages student health or fitness; |
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| 35 | 35 | | and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (6) any other criteria adopted by the commissioner. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) The commissioner may establish partnerships with |
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| 38 | 38 | | private and nonprofit entities to provide monetary and in-kind |
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| 39 | 39 | | rewards to schools that receive recognition under the program as a |
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| 40 | 40 | | healthy school. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (d) The commissioner may solicit and accept a gift, grant, |
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| 42 | 42 | | or donation from any source for the development or implementation |
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| 43 | 43 | | of the program. Only a gift, grant, or donation may be used to fund |
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| 44 | 44 | | development or implementation of the program. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (e) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 46 | 46 | | implement this section. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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| 48 | 48 | | school year. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 50 | 50 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 51 | 51 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 54 | 54 | | * * * * * |
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