80R9863 ESH-F
 
  By: Callegari H.B. No. 3297
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to unfunded mandates imposed on school districts.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Sections 28.004(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
       (a)  The board of trustees of each school district may
[shall] establish a local school health advisory council to assist
the district in ensuring that local community values are reflected
in the district's health education instruction.
       (b)  A school district must consider the recommendations of
the local school health advisory council, if one has been
established, before changing the district's health education
curriculum or instruction.
       SECTION 2.  Section 176.009(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (a)  A local governmental entity shall provide access to the
statements and questionnaires filed under this chapter on the
Internet website maintained by the local governmental entity. This
subsection does not apply to a school district.
       SECTION 3.  The following provisions are repealed:
             (1)  Sections 38.002(b) and (c), Education Code;
             (2)  Section 38.0025, Education Code; and
             (3)  Section 825.405, Government Code.
       SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.