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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the health and physical education program guidelines |
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that a school district must use in the district's health or physical |
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education curriculum. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.002(l-2), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(l-2) To encourage school districts to promote physical |
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activity for children through classroom curricula for health and |
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physical education, the agency, in consultation with the Department |
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of State Health Services, shall designate nationally recognized |
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health and physical education program guidelines that a school |
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district shall [may] use in the health curriculum under Subsection |
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(a)(2)(B) or the physical education curriculum under Subsection |
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(a)(2)(C). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |