By Capelo H.B. No. 2652
77R7744 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to measuring the height and weight of public school
1-3 students.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding
1-6 Section 38.013 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 38.013. STUDENT HEIGHT AND WEIGHT MEASUREMENTS. (a) In
1-8 conjunction with the screening under Section 36.004, Health and
1-9 Safety Code, to detect special senses and communications disorders,
1-10 the school district a student attends shall provide for the
1-11 student's height and weight to be measured and recorded.
1-12 (b) In meeting the requirements under Subsection (a), a
1-13 school district shall:
1-14 (1) consult and coordinate with the Texas Department
1-15 of Health; and
1-16 (2) take and record the measurements in a manner that
1-17 ensures that a student's measurements are not disclosed to another
1-18 student during that process.
1-19 (c) To address the needs of students who are overweight and
1-20 to maintain the health of students who are not overweight, a
1-21 district may:
1-22 (1) adjust cafeteria menus and the content of school
1-23 vending machines to provide more healthy, low-fat foods; and
1-24 (2) increase the amount of time allocated to students
2-1 for physical activity during the school day.
2-2 SECTION 2. Section 38.013, Education Code, as added by this
2-3 Act, applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school year.
2-4 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-5 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-6 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-7 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-8 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.