| 1 | 1 | | 89R4238 RDR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: West S.B. No. 939 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the members of a school district's local school health |
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| 10 | 10 | | advisory council. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (d-3) and (d-4) to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (d) The board of trustees shall appoint at least five |
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| 16 | 16 | | members to the local school health advisory council. The board of |
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| 17 | 17 | | trustees: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) shall ensure that: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) a [A] majority of the members are [must be] |
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| 20 | 20 | | persons who are parents of students enrolled in the district and who |
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| 21 | 21 | | are not employed by the district; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) a member described by Paragraph (A) serves [. |
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| 23 | 23 | | One of those members shall serve] as chair or co-chair of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | council; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (C) subject to Subsection (d-4), at least one |
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| 26 | 26 | | member is a district high school student who has applied for the |
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| 27 | 27 | | position; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) [. The board of trustees also] may appoint one or |
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| 29 | 29 | | more members to the council [persons] from each of the following |
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| 30 | 30 | | groups or a representative from a group other than a group specified |
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| 31 | 31 | | under this subsection: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (A) [(1)] classroom teachers employed by the |
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| 33 | 33 | | district; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) [(2)] school counselors certified under |
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| 35 | 35 | | Subchapter B, Chapter 21, employed by the district; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (C) [(3)] school administrators employed by the |
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| 37 | 37 | | district; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (D) [(4) district students; |
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| 39 | 39 | | [(5)] health care professionals licensed or certified |
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| 40 | 40 | | to practice in this state, including medical or mental health |
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| 41 | 41 | | professionals; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (E) [(6)] the business community; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (F) [(7)] law enforcement; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (G) [(8)] senior citizens; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (H) [(9)] the clergy; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (I) [(10)] nonprofit health organizations; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | (J) [(11)] local domestic violence programs. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (d-3) Before appointing a district high school student to |
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| 49 | 49 | | serve on the local school health advisory council under Subsection |
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| 50 | 50 | | (d)(1)(C), the board of trustees shall take reasonable steps to |
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| 51 | 51 | | notify district high school students of the opportunity to serve on |
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| 52 | 52 | | the council and of how to apply for the position, including by |
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| 53 | 53 | | posting signs on district campuses in the cafeterias and other |
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| 54 | 54 | | common areas frequently used by students. |
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| 55 | 55 | | (d-4) The board of trustees shall accept applications for |
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| 56 | 56 | | the position for a district high school student on the local school |
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| 57 | 57 | | health advisory council under Subsection (d)(1)(C) for as long as |
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| 58 | 58 | | the position is vacant and appoint a member to the position as soon |
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| 59 | 59 | | as practicable. |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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| 61 | 61 | | school year. |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 63 | 63 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 64 | 64 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 65 | 65 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 66 | 66 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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