Health promotion
1Duties in relation to promotion of health
After section 2 of the 2000 Act insert—
Health promotion
2ADuties in relation to promotion of health
1
The Scottish Ministers must endeavour to ensure that—
a
schools managed by education authorities,
b
grant-aided schools, and
c
hostels provided and maintained by education authorities for pupils,
are health-promoting.
2
An education authority must endeavour to ensure that—
a
schools managed by them, and
b
hostels provided and maintained by them for pupils,
are health-promoting.
3
The managers of a grant-aided school must endeavour to ensure that the school is health-promoting.
4
In carrying out the duty imposed by subsection (2) or (3), an education authority or, as the case may be, the managers of a grant-aided school must have regard to any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of this section.
5
In this section, a school or hostel is “health-promoting” if it provides (whether on its own or in conjunction with Health Boards, parents or any other person)—
a
activities, and
b
an environment and facilities,
which promote the physical, social, mental and emotional health and well-being of pupils in attendance at the school or residing in the hostel.
2Annual statement: account of health promotion
In section 5 of the 2000 Act (education authority’s annual statement of education improvement objectives)—
a
in subsection (1), for “duty under section” substitute “duties under sections 2A(2) and”, and
b
in subsection (2), after “account” insert—
za
of the ways in which the authority will seek to carry out the duty imposed by section 2A(2);