Bill Text: TX SB224 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the award of a distinction designation to a public school campus.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB224 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB224-Engrossed.html
| By: Nelson, Van de Putte | S.B. No. 224 | |
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| relating to a program to recognize public schools with successful | ||
| student health and fitness programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.027 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.027. HEALTHY SCHOOLS RECOGNITION PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
| commissioner shall establish a healthy schools recognition program | ||
| under which schools are recognized for successfully implementing | ||
| programs that encourage student health and fitness. | ||
| (b) A school may apply to the commissioner for recognition | ||
| as a gold, silver, or bronze healthy school. The commissioner shall | ||
| determine whether a school qualifies for recognition and the level | ||
| for which the school qualifies based on: | ||
| (1) improvement in the results of the physical fitness | ||
| assessment instrument administered under Subchapter C; | ||
| (2) implementation of a coordinated health program | ||
| under Section 38.014, if the school applying for recognition is an | ||
| elementary school, middle school, or junior high school; | ||
| (3) the involvement of the local school health | ||
| advisory council established under Section 28.004; | ||
| (4) compliance with student minimum physical activity | ||
| requirements; and | ||
| (5) any other criteria adopted by the commissioner. | ||
| (c) The commissioner may determine that a school qualifies | ||
| for recognition under this section based on the school's | ||
| recognition for student health by a private or nonprofit entity. | ||
| (d) The commissioner may establish partnerships with | ||
| private and nonprofit entities to provide monetary and in-kind | ||
| rewards to schools that receive recognition under the program as a | ||
| healthy school. | ||
| (e) The commissioner may solicit and accept a gift, grant, | ||
| or donation from any source for the development or implementation | ||
| of the program. | ||
| (f) Any resources necessary to implement this section must | ||
| come from a gift, grant, or donation received under Subsection (e). | ||
| (g) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2011. | ||
