The Texas School Health Program envisions
a Texas where all children are healthy, ready to learn, and prepared to make
healthy lifelong choices. Our mission is to support education and public health partners with impacting school health issues through the use of the Whole School, Whole Community, and While Child approach. Current research
indicates that by addressing young people’s health, schools can improve student
performance. There is mounting evidence that when schools take action to
address health needs of students, they can also meet performance goals and
alleviate financial constraints.