a high school student joins each school health council

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89R4238 RDR-D

By: West
S.B. No. 939

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the members 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

amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (d-3) and (d-4) to

read as follows:

(d) The board of trustees shall appoint at least five

members to the local school health advisory council. The board of

trustees:

(1) shall ensure that:

(A) a [ A ] majority of the members are [ must be ]

persons who are parents of students enrolled in the district and who

are not employed by the district ;

(B) a member described by Paragraph (A) serves [ .

One of those members shall serve ] as chair or co-chair of the

council ; and

(C) subject to Subsection (d-4), at least one

member is a district high school student who has applied for the

position; and

(2) [ . The board of trustees also ] may appoint one or

more members to the council [ persons ] from each of the following

groups or a representative from a group other than a group specified

under this subsection:

(A) [ (1) ] classroom teachers employed by the

district;

(B) [ (2) ] school counselors certified under

Subchapter B, Chapter 21, employed by the district;

(C) [ (3) ] school administrators employed by the

district;

(D) [ (4) district students;

[ (5) ] health care professionals licensed or certified

to practice in this state, including medical or mental health

professionals;

(E) [ (6) ] the business community;

(F) [ (7) ] law enforcement;

(G) [ (8) ] senior citizens;

(H) [ (9) ] the clergy;

(I) [ (10) ] nonprofit health organizations; and

(J) [ (11) ] local domestic violence programs.

(d-3) Before appointing a district high school student to

serve on the local school health advisory council under Subsection

(d)(1)(C), the board of trustees shall take reasonable steps to

notify district high school students of the opportunity to serve on

the council and of how to apply for the position, including by

posting signs on district campuses in the cafeterias and other

common areas frequently used by students.

(d-4) The board of trustees shall accept applications for

the position for a district high school student on the local school

health advisory council under Subsection (d)(1)(C) for as long as

the position is vacant and appoint a member to the position as soon

as practicable.

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.