School Health Advisory Council (SHAC)

The SHAC is instrumental in improving student health and creating healthy schools by:

• Helping all BISD schools meet community involvement mandates and community expectations,
• Providing a way for community members to work together with school personnel to accomplish district goals,
• Utilizing community resources and assets,
• Influencing people within a community to be a credible, collective voice for healthy children and youth,
• Providing a forum for sharing youth health information, resources, perspectives and a range of advice,
• Fostering member’s personal satisfaction and understanding of their role in strengthening their community by supporting coordinated school health, and
• Fostering cooperation by building trust and consensus among grassroots organizations, community segments, and diverse citizens.

The SHAC must address the responsibilities outlined in Title 2, Chapter 28, Section 28.004 of the Texas Education Code. However, the BISD SHAC strives to address all eight components of a coordinated school health program as listed here:

1. health instruction,
2. healthy school environment,
3. health services,
4. physical education,
5. school counseling,
6. food service,
7. school site health promotion for faculty and staff; and,
8. involvement with parents and the community.

The BISD SHAC Meetings are held at specific Bridgeport ISD meeting spaces. The meetings are held at 6:00 p.m. and scheduled at least four times throughout the school year.  All meetings are open to the public. Notifications will be posted on the website and in the central office.