Coordinated School Health
About Coordinated School Health
A Systematic Approach to Addressing the Needs of Students
Health is not just the absence of disease—it is complete physical, mental, and social well-being. A school health program that effectively addresses students’ health consists of many different components.Ìý Each component makes a unique contribution while also complementing the others.
The components listed below encompass a school's instruction, services, and physical and social environments.ÌýBecause individuals, institutions, needs, and resources differ from community to community, no two approaches are expected to look exactly alike.Ìý Each new setting brings together a unique group of people and agencies to determine the specific needs facing young people in their schools.
Schools by themselves cannot and should not be expected to solve the nation’s most serious health and social problems.Ìý However, schools could provide a critical facility in which many agencies might work together to maintain the well-being of young people. The systematic approach must involve families, health care workers, the media, religious organizations, community organizations that serve youth, and young people themselves.
Approved Programs
For additional information regarding coordinated school health, please visit the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website (outside source). For a list of approved coordinated school health programs, please visit the approved program webpage.
Components of Coordinated School Health
Click on any of the links below for more information on the eight components of Coordinated School Health:
- Health Education
- Healthy and Safe School EnvironmentÌý
- Counseling and Mental Health Services
- Parent and Community Involvement
- Staff Wellness Promotion
- Health Services
- Physical Education
- Nutrition Services
Announcements
The following announcements provide the latest news about Coordinated School Health requirements and approved programs.
Each school district and open-enrollment charter school is required by the Texas Education Code (TEC) to provide to the agency information relating to student health and physical activity. Senate Bill (SB) 1873, 85th (R) Texas Legislature, 2017, amended TEC §38.0141, requiring the commissioner of education to complete a report on physical education provided by each school district and publish the report on the agency's Internet website. ÌýThe physical education report is posted below along with the public education information management system (PEIMS) data that supports the findings.
Physical Education Reports
- 2021-2022 Physical Education Report (TEC §38.0141)
- 2018-2021 Physical Education Report (TEC §38.0141)
- Physical Education Report (TEC §38.0141)
- 2021-2022 Physical Education PEIMS Data TEC §38.0141
- 2020-2021 Physical Education PEIMS Data TEC §38.0141
- 2018-2019 Physical Education PEIMS Data TEC §38.0141
Required School Health Survey Summaries
- School Health Survey Summary 2022-2023 (PDF)
- School Health Survey Summary 2021-2022 (PDF)
- School Health Survey Summary 2018-2021 (PDF)
- School Health Survey Summary 2017-2018 (PDF)
- School Health Survey Summary 2016-2017 (PDF)
- School Health Survey Summary 2015-2016 (PDF)Ìý
- School Health Survey Summary 2014-2015 (PDF)
- School Health Survey Summary 2012-2013 (PDF)
- School Health Survey Summary 2011-2012 (PDF)
- School Health Survey Summary 2010-2011 (PDF)
- School Health Survey Summary 2009-2010 (PDF)
- School Health Survey Summary 2008-2009Ìý(PDF)
Behavior Health, Mental Health, and Suicide Prevention Training for Educators
Ìý(outside source) states that the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), in coordination with TEA and regional education service centers (ESCs), shall provide and annually update a list of recommended best practice-based programs for implementation in public elementary, junior high, middle, and high schools within the general education setting. DSHS, TEA, and each ESC is required to make the list easily accessible on their websites.ÌýÌýFor more information about the list of recommended programs and other resources, please visit the Mental Health and Behavioral Health web page.
Additional Resources
The following links may provide useful information:
School Health
Ìý(outside source) - The CDC provides information on a coordinated school health (CSH) program model. The expanded model integrates the eight components of a CSH program with the tenets of a whole child approach to education.
Ìý(outside source) - The CDC offers information on disease prevention, healthy kids, and healthy schools. The CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) works to prevent unhealthy actions among children, adolescents, and young adults.
(outside source) - HECAT can help school districts, schools, and others conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of health education curricula.Ìý
Ìý(outside source) - PECAT is a self-assessment and planning guide designed to help school districts and schools conduct clear, complete, and consistent analyses of physical education curricula.
Ìý(outside source) -ÌýThe SHI is a self-assessment and planning tool that schools can use to improve their health and safety policies and programs. It's easy to use and completely confidential. The School Health Survey is required per the (outside source). The survey gathers information on the implementation of school health-related policies and programs. The information is used to develop reports, respond to legislative inquiries, and create relevant training and technical assistance systems to support districts in implementing school health programs.
Ìý(outside source) - All Texas school districts are required by law to implement a coordinated school health program in grades K-8.
Ìý(outside source) - A School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) is a group of individuals representing segments of the community, appointed by the school district to serve at the district level, to provide advice to the district on programming and its impact on student health and learning.
(outside source) - The Texas YRBSS, initiated in 1991, is a federally funded classroom-based paper survey conducted biennially on odd years to monitor priority health-risk behaviors that contribute substantially to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States.
(outside source) - The YRBSS monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults.
Barney Fudge, Statewide Coordinator for Health Education
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