82R1472 CAS-D
	By: Nelson	S.B. No. 225

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to including in public school campus improvement plans and
	in local school health advisory council reports to school district
	boards of trustees certain goals and objectives or information in
	order to promote improved student health.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.253(d), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(d)  Each campus improvement plan must:
	(1)  assess the academic achievement for each student
	in the school using the student achievement indicator system as
	described by Section 39.053;
	(2)  set the campus performance objectives based on the
	student achievement indicator system, including objectives for
	special needs populations, including students in special education
	programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
	(3)  identify how the campus goals will be met for each
	student;
	(4)  determine the resources needed to implement the
	plan;
	(5)  identify staff needed to implement the plan;
	(6)  set timelines for reaching the goals;
	(7)  measure progress toward the performance
	objectives periodically to ensure that the plan is resulting in
	academic improvement;
	(8)  include goals and methods for violence prevention
	and intervention on campus;
	(9)  provide for a program to encourage parental
	involvement at the campus; [and]
	(10)  if the campus is an elementary, middle, or junior
	high school, set goals and objectives for the coordinated health
	program at the campus based on:
	(A)  student fitness assessment data, including
	any data from research-based assessments such as the school health
	index assessment and planning tool created by the federal Centers
	for Disease Control and Prevention;
	(B)  student academic performance data;
	(C)  student attendance rates;
	(D)  the percentage of students who are
	educationally disadvantaged;
	(E)  the use and success of any method to ensure
	that students participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity
	as required by Section 28.002(l); and
	(F)  any other indicator recommended by the local
	school health advisory council; and
	(11)  include goals and objectives to ensure campus
	compliance with the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy under
	Subchapter A, Chapter 26, Title 4, Texas Administrative Code.
	SECTION 2.  Section 28.004(m), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(m)  In addition to performing other duties, the local school
	health advisory council shall submit to the board of trustees, at
	least annually, a written report that includes:
	(1)  any council recommendation concerning the school
	district's health education curriculum and instruction or related
	matters that the council has not previously submitted to the board;
	(2)  any suggested modification to a council
	recommendation previously submitted to the board; [and]
	(3)  a detailed explanation of the council's activities
	during the period between the date of the current report and the
	date of the last prior written report; and
	(4)  for each district elementary, middle, or junior
	high school campus, a detailed explanation of the extent and manner
	of the campus's compliance with:
	(A)  the requirement under Section 11.253(d)(10)
	for the campus to set, in the campus improvement plan, goals and
	objectives for the coordinated health program at the campus; and
	(B)  the district's requirements, in accordance
	with Section 28.002(l), concerning student participation in
	moderate to vigorous physical activity.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
	school year.
	SECTION 4.  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.