This page addresses district-level School Health Advisory Councils (SHAC)

This page addresses district-level School Health Advisory Councils (SHAC)

This page addresses district-level School Health Advisory Councils (SHAC)

This resource guide requires plans that addresses community engagement in school decision-making

(b)  The board shall adopt a policy to establish a district- and campus-level planning and decision-making process that will involve the professional staff of the district, parents, and community members in establishing and reviewing the district’s and campuses’ educational plans, goals, performance objectives, and major classroom instructional programs. The board shall establish a procedure under which meetings are held regularly by district- and campus-level planning and decision-making committees that include representative professional staff, including, if practicable, at least one representative with the primary responsibility for educating students with disabilities, parents of students enrolled in the district, business representatives, and community members. The committees shall include a business representative without regard to whether the representative resides in the district or whether the business the person represents is located in the district. The board, or the board’s designee, shall periodically meet with the district-level committee to review the district-level committee’s deliberations.

(c)  For purposes of establishing the composition of committees under this section:

• (1)  a person who stands in parental relation to a student is considered a parent;

• (2)  a parent who is an employee of the school district is not considered a parent representative on the committee;

• (3)  a parent is not considered a representative of community members on the committee; and

• (4)  community members must reside in the district and must be at least 18 years of age.

(e) The district-level committee established under Section 11.251 shall hold at least one public meeting per year. The required meeting shall be held after receipt of the annual district performance report from the agency for the purpose of discussing the performance of the district and the district performance objectives. District policy and procedures must be established to ensure that systematic communications measures are in place to periodically obtain broad-based community, parent, and staff input and to provide information to those persons regarding the recommendations of the district-level committee. This section does not create a new cause of action or require collective bargaining.

(f) A superintendent shall regularly consult the district-level committee in the planning, operation, supervision, and evaluation of the district educational program.

(g) Each campus-level committee shall hold at least one public meeting per year. The required meeting shall be held after receipt of the annual campus rating from the agency to discuss the performance of the campus and the campus performance objectives. District policy and campus procedures must be established to ensure that systematic communications measures are in place to periodically obtain broad-based community, parent, and staff input, and to provide information to those persons regarding the recommendations of the campus-level committees.