HBA-MPM C.S.S.B. 580 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.S.B. 580 By: Van de Putte Public Education 5/17/2001 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The 74th Legislature created local health education advisory councils (councils), which may be comprised of teachers, school administrators, students, health care professionals, the business community, law enforcement personnel, senior citizens, and clergy. The purpose of these councils is to recommend health education curricula to the school districts that reflect community values and health issues pertinent to the community. However, the language of current law specifies that the councils assist school districts with respect to human sexuality instruction, and many districts interpret this as the council's only role. C.S.S.B. 580 specifies that the council assist the school district in ensuring that community values are reflected in the district's health education instruction. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS C.S.S.B. 580 amends the Education Code to expand the purposes and duties of the local school health education advisory council (council) established by the board of trustees of each school district (board) to include a district's overall health education instruction rather than a district's human sexuality instruction. The bill sets forth council composition guidelines. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2001. The Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school year. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.S.B. 580 differs from the original by authorizing rather than requiring the board of trustees of a school district to appoint to the local school health education advisory council (council) a representative from specified groups, and provides that a majority of council members must be persons who are not employed by the school district.