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SHAC recommends dropping health as graduation requirement; trustees debate survey and staffing implications
Summary
The CFISD School Health Advisory Committee voted to recommend removing health as a required high‑school graduation course and instead offer it as an elective. Trustees discussed contradictory survey results, low committee turnout at the vote and where TEKS requirements would be taught if the requirement is removed.
CYPRESS‑FAIRBANKS ISD — The district’s School Health Advisory Committee recommended on Dec. 3 that the board remove high school health as a graduation requirement and continue offering the course as an elective; the committee majority (55.5%) forwarded that recommendation to trustees and staff presented survey results and a summary to the board at the Jan. 13 work session.
Survey results and committee vote: Administration reported 6,595 parent responses showing 75% favored keeping health as a graduation requirement; the student survey (33,686 respondents) showed 59% of students favored keeping the requirement. The SHAC reported some members interpreted the…
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