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55.002D Comprehensive School Health Education in All School Districts

55.002D

Comprehensive School Health Education in All School Districts: The Texas Medical Association believes the Texas Education Agency should have statutory authority to require comprehensive school health education in all school districts of the state, and that the process should begin with implementation of the TEA-developed modules on physical education, nutrition, substance use, and sexuality (Council on Public Health, p 104-107, I-90; amended CM-CAH Rep. 2-A-01; reaffirmed CM-CAH Rep. 4-A-10, deleted CM-CAH Rep. 2 2020).

 

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October 29, 2020

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The way the Texas Legislature conducts business during the 2021 session may look different due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the Texas Medical Association’s commitment to improving health care remains the same. Some of those goals are up against deep cuts to state agency budgets. At the same time, however, the pandemic has created opportunities for medicine to bend lawmakers’ ear on some of its longstanding goals, including advancing access to care, vaccines, health coverage, and telemedicine. Plus, physicians have proven ways to respond to patients’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. 

 

 

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