SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL

A board shall establish a local school health advisory council to assist a district in ensuring that local community values and health issues are reflected in the district’s health education instruction. A board shall appoint members to the council, a majority of which must be parents of students enrolled in the district and who are not employed by the district. A board may also appoint one or more public school teachers, public school administrators, district students, health-care professionals, members of the business community, law enforcement representatives, senior citizens, clergy, representatives of nonprofit health organizations, or representatives of another group. [See EHAA]

STATEMENT FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION

A district shall publish in the student handbook and post on the district’s Internet Web site, if the district has an Internet Web site, a statement of:

1. District policies adopted to ensure that elementary school, middle school, and junior high students engage in physical activity;
2. The number of times the preceding year the council has met;
3. District policies to ensure compliance with applicable vending machine and food service guidelines for restricting student access to vending machines; and
4. District policies and procedures that prescribe penalties for the use of tobacco products by students and others on school campuses or at school-sponsored or school-related activities.

CHANGES IN CURRICULUM

A district must consider the recommendations of the local school health advisory counsel before changing the district’s health education curriculum or instruction.

Education Code 28.004