According to the Texas Department of State Health Services’
SHAC—A Guide for Texas School Districts:
A SHAC is a group of individuals who represent segments of the
community, and is generally appointed by the school district to
serve at the district level.
The purpose of the SHAC is to provide advice on coordinated
school health programming and its impact on student health and
learning. SHACs can make recommendations that impact the entire
school district, not just the individual school campuses.
School districts use a SHAC to advise them on a variety of
topics, such as drop out prevention or appropriate health
curriculum.
SHACs only provide advice and have no policy making authority.
However they can recommend policy adoption to the school board
for their consideration. SHAC members have no legal
responsibilities within the school district. However Texas law
requires that every school district have a SHAC and that the
majority of members be parents who are not employed by the
district.
