Gatesville Independent School District

TOBACCO

The Board shall prohibit smoking or using tobacco products at a school-related or school-sanctioned activity on or off school property. Students are prohibited from possessing tobacco products at a school-related or school-sanctioned activity on or off school property. School personnel shall enforce these policies on school property. Education Code 38.006 (1/23/2008)

 

Daily Physical Activity

K-6 

The District shall require students in kindergarten through grade 5 to participate in moderate or vigorous daily physical activity for at least 30 minutes throughout the school year, as part of the District’s physical education program or through structured activity during a campus’s daily recess.

If the District determines, for any particular grade level, that requiring moderate or vigorous daily physical activity is impractical due to scheduling concerns or other factors, the District may as an alternative require a student in that grade level to participate in moderate or vigorous physical activity for at least 135 minutes during each school week.

The District must provide an exemption for a student who is unable to participate in the required physical activity because of illness or disability. Education Code 28.002(l)

6-8

The District shall require students in grades 6–8 to participate in moderate or vigorous daily physical activity for at least 30 minutes for at least four semesters during those grade levels as part of the District's physical education curriculum.

The District may as an alternative require a student enrolled in a grade level for which the District uses block scheduling to participate in moderate or vigorous physical activity for at least 225 minutes during each period of two school weeks.

 

Coordinated School Health Program

TEA shall make available to the District one or more coordinated health programs or allow the development of District programs designed to prevent obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes in elementary, middle, and junior high school students. Each program must provide for coordinating:

1. Health education;
2. Physical education and physical activity;
3. Nutrition services; and
4. Parental involvement.

Education Code 38.013; 19 TAC 102.1031(a)

 

The District shall participate in appropriate training to implement TEA’s coordinated health program and shall implement the program in each elementary, middle, and junior high school in the District. Education Code 38.014

Coordinated school health programs that are developed by the District and that meet TEA criteria may be approved and made available as approved programs. The District must use materials that are proven effective, such as TEA-approved textbooks or materials developed by nationally recognized and/or government-approved entities. 19 TAC 102.1031(c) (11/26/2008)

The Board 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. Education Code 28.004(a) [See BDF regarding composition of council and FFA regarding federal wellness requirements]

 

The council’s duties include recommending:

1. The number of hours of instruction to be provided in health education;
2. Curriculum appropriate for specific grade levels designed to prevent obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes through coordination of health education, physical education and physical activity, nutrition services, parental involvement, and instruction to prevent the use of tobacco;
3. Appropriate grade levels and methods of instruction for human sexuality instruction; and
4. Strategies for integrating the curriculum components specified by item 2, above, with the following elements in a coordinated school health program:
   1. School health services;
   2. Counseling and guidance services;

 

SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Board 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.

Education Code 28.004(a) [See BDF regarding composition of council and FFA regarding federal wellness requirements]

 

The council’s duties include recommending:

1. The number of hours of instruction to be provided in health education;
2. Curriculum appropriate for specific grade levels designed to prevent obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes through coordination of health education, physical education and physical activity, nutrition services, parental involvement, and instruction to prevent the use of tobacco;
3. Appropriate grade levels and methods of instruction for human sexuality instruction; and
4. Strategies for integrating the curriculum components specified by item 2, above, with the following elements in a coordinated school health program:
   1. School health services;
   2. Counseling and guidance services;
   3. A safe and healthy school environment; and
   4. School employee wellness.

Education Code 28.004©

 

Physical Fitness Assessment

Annually, the District shall assess the physical fitness of students in grades 3 through 12, using an assessment instrument adopted by the Commissioner.

The District is not required to assess a student for whom, as a result of disability or other condition identified by Commissioner rule, the assessment instrument is inappropriate.

Each student must be assessed based on factors related to student health, including aerobic capacity; body composition; and muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility, unless a particular factor is inappropriate for that student because of a health classification defined in 19

TAC 74.31 [See EHAA, CLASSIFICATION FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION]. (11/26/2008)

Gatesville ISD used the FITNESSGRAM®, created by The Cooper Institute of Dallas, to test students in grades 3-12 during spring 2008. The assessment measures body composition, aerobic capacity, strength, endurance and flexibility. Students are considered to be in the “Healthy Fitness Zone” if they achieved certain levels on six tests, with performance targets tied to a student’s age and gender. The tests include activities such as a one-mile run, curl ups, push-ups, trunk lift, shoulder stretches.

Parents may submit a written request to the principal to receive individual reports on their children.

 

Nutrition

The District shall ensure that nutrition guidelines for reimbursable school meals shall be at least as restrictive as federal regulations and guidance and that all foods available on each campus are in accordance with the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy.

From FFA(LOCAL) 5/22/06

 

Effective August 1, 2004, all districts participating in the federal Child Nutrition Programs must comply with the nutrition policies outlined by the Texas Department of Agriculture.

From CO(LEGAL) 6/7/06

 

Vending

Gatesville ISD follows the Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas Public School Nutrition Policy - Competitive Foods (All food and beverages that are not provided by school food service, including vending.) Vending machines in cafeterias contain only water and 100 percent fruit juice.

• Gatesville Primary, Elementary, Intermediate and Junior: Vending machines are not available to students any time anywhere on school premises.
• Gatesville High School: Vending machines are not allowed during meal periods in areas where reimbursable meals are served and consumed.

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