1 Duties in relation to promotion of health
After section 2 of the 2000 Act insert-
"Health promotion
2A Duties 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.". |