Bill Text: TX SB396 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of school district policies regarding the marketing and commercial advertising of food products on school district property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-15 - Left pending in committee [SB396 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB396-Introduced.html
87R656 CAE-D | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 396 |
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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, 2021. |