Bill Text: TX SB952 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to parental notification of physical fitness assessment results and development of wellness plans for certain public school students.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-09 - Referred to Education [SB952 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB952-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 952 | |
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| relating to parental notification of physical fitness assessment | ||
| results and development of wellness plans for certain public school | ||
| students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.1021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.1021. WELLNESS PLANS. (a) A school district shall | ||
| develop an individual wellness plan for each student with physical | ||
| fitness results on the assessment instrument administered under | ||
| this subchapter that are below the standards identified in | ||
| accordance with Section 38.102(b)(2). | ||
| (b) A wellness plan required by this section must prescribe | ||
| specific actions, including actions relating to dietary choices and | ||
| physical activity levels, that should be taken by the student to | ||
| improve the student's health. | ||
| (c) A school district shall provide a copy of the wellness | ||
| plan developed under this section to the student's parent not later | ||
| than the 30th day after the date the district receives the student's | ||
| physical fitness results. If the student is enrolled at or above | ||
| the seventh grade level, the district shall also provide a copy of | ||
| the student's wellness plan directly to the student. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 38.103, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) A school district shall provide a parent with a copy | ||
| of the results of the physical assessment of the parent's child if | ||
| the results are below the standards identified in accordance with | ||
| Section 38.102(b)(2). | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2015. | ||
