SECTIONS 51911-51915 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 51911-51915

51911. Approval of district plans shall be made in accordance with
rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education.

51913. The plan for a comprehensive health education program shall
include a statement setting forth the district's educational program
for health education on a districtwide basis. The State Board of
Education shall establish standards and criteria to be used in the
evaluation of plans submitted by school districts. The standards and
criteria for review and approval of plans by the State Board of
Education shall include, but not be limited to, provision for:
(a) Assessment of the health educational needs of the pupils.
(b) Defined and measurable program objectives and methods of
assessing the effectiveness of the program.
(c) Coordination of all district resources with the objectives of
the plan.
(d) Utilization of health care professionals representing, at the
school district's option, the varied fields of heath care, including
voluntary collaborations with managed health care and health care
providers; local public and private health, safety, and community
service agencies; and other appropriate community resources in the
development and implementation of the plan.
(e) Direct participation of health care professionals
representing, at the school district's option, the varied fields of
health care, including voluntary collaborations with managed health
care, health care providers, and local public and private health,
safety, and community service agencies in the course evaluation.
(f) Staff development and in-service training.
(g) Evaluation of the program by the governing board of the school
district with the assistance of administrators, teachers, parents,
pupils, and participants in the program from the community.

51914. No plan shall be approved by the State Board of Education
unless it determines that the plan was developed with the active
cooperation of parents, community, and teachers, in all stages of
planning, approval, and implementation of the plan.

51915. In the development of a plan for a comprehensive health
education program, the governing board of a school district may
include in such plan the employment of the following as resource
persons, with or without compensation: (a) licensed physicians and
surgeons, school or public health nurses, county health officers,
optometrists, dentists, and other persons licensed by the state to
practice in allied health professions, and other persons recognized
by the governing board as being experts in the health sciences.