Relating to the membership of a school district's local school health advisory council.

89(R) SB 1395 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Hall, et al.

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;

(3)

school administrators employed by the district;

and

(4) district students.

(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.