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89R4316 PRL-D
By: Hall
S.B. No. 1395
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the membership 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, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (d-3), (d-4), and (d-5) and
amending Subsections (d), (d-1), and (d-2) to read as follows:
(a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), each member of
the local school health advisory council shall be appointed by an
individual trustee of the board of trustees of the school district.
Each trustee must appoint an equal number of members to the council.
(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a-1), the board of
trustees of a school district may appoint to a local school health
advisory council members described by Subsections (d-2) and (d-3)
by a majority vote of the board in lieu of appointing those members
by individual trustees.
(a-3) A member appointed to a local school health advisory
council shall serve a one-year term. A member may be reappointed
for subsequent one-year terms.
(d) The board of trustees shall appoint at least five
members to the local school health advisory council.
(d-1) A majority of voting [ the ] members must be persons who
are parents of students enrolled in the district , [ and ] who are not
employed by the district , and who do not have a relative within the
first degree of consanguinity who is employed by the district . Only
a member described by this subsection may [ One of those members
shall ] serve :
(1) as chair , [ or ] co-chair , vice chair, or secretary
of the council ; or
(2) in any other executive position for the local
school health advisory council .
(d-2) The board of trustees also may appoint one or more
voting members who are persons from one or more [ each ] of the
following groups in the community who are not employed by the
district and who do not have a relative within the first degree of
consanguinity who is employed by the district [ or a representative
from a group other than a group specified under this subsection ]:
(1) [ classroom teachers employed by the district;
[ (2) school counselors certified under Subchapter B,
Chapter 21, employed by the district;
[ (3) school administrators employed by the district;
[ (4) district students;
[ (5) ] health care professionals licensed or certified
to practice in this state, including medical or mental health
professionals;
(2) [ (6) ] the business community;
(3) [ (7) ] law enforcement;
(4) [ (8) ] senior citizens;
(5) [ (9) ] the clergy;
(6) [ (10) ] nonprofit health organizations; and
(7) [ (11) ] local domestic violence programs.
(d-3) The board of trustees may appoint one or more
nonvoting members of the local school health advisory council to
serve in an advisory capacity who are persons from the following
groups:
(1) classroom teachers employed by the district;
(2) school counselors certified under Subchapter B,
Chapter 21, employed by the district; and
(3) school administrators employed by the district.
(d-4) [ (d-1) ] The local school health advisory council
shall meet at least four times each year. For each meeting, the
council shall:
(1) at least 72 hours before the meeting:
(A) post notice of the date, hour, place, and
subject of the meeting on a bulletin board in the central
administrative office of each campus in the school district; and
(B) ensure that the notice required under
Paragraph (A) is posted on the district's Internet website, if the
district has an Internet website;
(2) prepare and maintain minutes of the meeting that
state the subject and content of each deliberation and each vote,
order, decision, or other action taken by the council during the
meeting;
(3) make an audio or video recording of the meeting;
and
(4) not later than the 10th day after the meeting,
submit the minutes and audio or video recording of the meeting to
the district.
(d-5) [ (d-2) ] As soon as practicable after receipt of the
minutes and audio or video recording under Subsection (d-4)(4)
[ (d-1)(4) ], the school district shall post the minutes and audio or
video recording on the district's Internet website, if the district
has an Internet website.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
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, 2025.
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