Sec. 38.058. HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE ADVISORY COUNCIL    


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  • (a) The board of trustees of a school district may establish and appoint members to a local health education and health care advisory council to make recommendations to the district on the establishment of school-based health centers and to assist the district in ensuring that local community values are reflected in the operation of each center and in the provision of health education.

    (b) A majority of the members of the council must be parents of students enrolled in the district. In addition to the appointees who are parents of students, the board of trustees shall also appoint at least one person from each of the following groups:

    (1) teachers;

    (2) school administrators;

    (3) licensed health care professionals;

    (4) the clergy;

    (5) law enforcement;

    (6) the business community;

    (7) senior citizens; and

    (8) students.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1418, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 38.011 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 4.005, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.