86R6763 SRS-F
By: Lucio S.B. No. 427
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the members of a school district's local school health
advisory council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.004(d), Education Code, is 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;
(9) nonprofit health organizations; [and]
(10) local domestic violence programs;
(11) nutritionists and registered dietitians; and
(12) local public health department officials or the
designees of local public health departments.
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, 2019.