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Newsroom
7/8/2009
In a letter to school districts, Education Commissioner Robert Scott said health classes would be eliminated for Texas high school students this fall.
Texas Medical Association President Dr. William Fleming says the decision to remove health from the list of state-required courses will have a far-reaching and negative impact. "Texas currently ranks among the highest in the nation for obesity, also for teen pregnancy and other risky behaviors. As a state, we need to do everything we can to help prepare teens to be healthy adults."
Dr. Fleming says by not mandating health education classes, the state's health problems will get worse. He calls the move "a very poor decision", one that he thinks should be reconsidered.
School districts can still require students to take health classes. Scott eliminated the course as a state requirement to comply with a new law that increases the number of mandated electives.
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