| TO: | Division Superintendents |
| FROM: | Jo Lynne DeMary
Superintendent of Public Instruction |
| SUBJECT: | School Health Advisory Board Annual Report |
The Code of Virginia (§22.1-275.1) requires each school division to have a School Health Advisory Board comprised of no more than 20 community representatives. Each School Health Advisory Board also is required to submit an annual report on the status and needs of student health in the school division to any relevant school, the school board, the Virginia Department of Health, and the Virginia Department of Education.
The 2000-2001 School Health Advisory Board (SHAB) Annual Report Form entitled SHAB Form(00-01) may be downloaded from the website:
/administrators/superintendents_memos/2001/adm022a.pdf
Please submit two copies of the completed Annual Report Form to the Department of Education by July 1, 2001, to:
Questions about the SHABs or the Annual Report Form may be directed to Dr. Meyer at(804) 225-4543,(mailto:fmeyer@mail.vak12ed.edu,) or to Mrs. Gwen P. Smith, R.N., M.S.N. at (804) 786-8671,(mailto:gsmith@mail.vak12ed.edu.)
Included in the SHAB Report Form is a Point of Contact sheet. Information on this sheet is used to update the Department of Education’s SHAB directory annually. The person listed in the directory serves as the point of contact for mailing resources or other information to SHABs throughout the year.
Copies of previous years’ summary reports
of local School Health Advisory Boards' Annual Reports are available online
through the Department of Education’s Virginia Comprehensive Health Education
Training and Resource Center at Longwood College http://www.lwc.edu/vchetrc/home.htm.
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