86R4233 CAE-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1556
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of school district policies regarding
the marketing and commercial advertising of food products on school
district property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:
(p) The local school health advisory council shall:
(1) conduct a review of the school district policies
regarding the marketing and commercial advertising on district
property of food products that are not offered through the school
meal program;
(2) determine the extent to which the marketing and
commercial advertising on district property of food products that
are not offered through the school meal program conflict with
recommendations developed by the council as required by Subsection
(c)(2); and
(3) recommend:
(A) policies, procedures, strategies, and
curricula for the district to diminish the negative health
consequences, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, and Type
2 diabetes, related to the marketing and commercial advertising on
district property of food products that are not offered through the
school meal program; and
(B) the extent to which marketing and commercial
advertising on district property of food products that are not
offered through the school meal program should be allowed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.