• February 22-24, TASBHC's eleventh annual conference
  "Healthy Children...Our Commitment" was held in Austin, Texas
    at the Holiday Inn NW Plaza / Arboretum.

Opening:
Doug Lewin, Legislative Director
Office of Representative Lon Burnam
"Advocating for the Health of Texas Children"

Closing:
Cathy Harris, RN, BSN
President, Texas School Nurses Organization
"Successful Partnerships in School Health"

• CHT: Center for Health Training issued CEUs

• February 24-25, TASBHC's tenth annual conference
  "School Health Roundup" was held in El Paso, Texas at the
    Hilton El Paso Airport.

• A Grand 10^th Year Anniversary Celebration
                                Recognition of:
           Founding Members, TASBHC Presidents and
                        Special Friends of TASBHC
  
                             Special Guest:
       John Schlitt, NASBHC Executive Director 
                            "National Loop"
   

• CHT: Center for Health Training issued CEUs

• January 21-22, TASBHC's ninth annual conference
  "Shining Stars of Health" was held in Dallas, Texas at the Radisson Hotel & Suites.
  
       - "Interactive" Keynote speaker -
                    Dr. Gaynell Colburn
   

• CHT: Center for Health Training issued CEUs

• January 22-23, TASBHC's eighth annual conference
  "Helping One Child At A Time" was held back-to-back with the
    Texas School Health Association conference in Austin, Texas
    at the Hilton Austin North.
   

• Cosponsors
       - HRSA: Health Resources and Services
                        Administration
                       (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
                       provided sessions on revenue management
       - CHT: Center for Health Training issued CEUs

• September 27-28, TASBHC had its seventh annual conference "Shaping The Future of School-Based Health."   It was held at the Hilton North in Austin, Texas.

            - Dr. Edward Sanchez, Texas Commissioner of
              Health, delivered the key-note address

            - Organizational strategic plans were presented to
              membership

• October 19-20, "Catching The Wave of School-Based Health"
  was the sixth annual TASBHC conference and was held at
  the San Luis Resort in Galveston, Texas.

• October 26-28, TASBHC held its fifth annual conference
  "Projects That Work" at South Padre Island, Texas.

• July 15-16, the fourth annual TASBHC conference
  "Tomorrow-Yesterday-Today...Working with Texas Children"
  was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Austin, Texas.

• June, the third annual TASBHC conference was held in
  Austin at the Texas Department of Health.

• June 19-20, the second annual TASBHC conference
  "Healthy Children, Healthy Futures" was held in Austin at
  the Texas Department of Health.

• In June, the first state meeting was convened in Austin, Texas,
  and delegates established the Texas Association of School-Based Health Centers (TASBHC).

• In June, fourteen Texas delegates to the first National Assembly of School-Based Health Care met together in Washington, D.C. and agreed to become a state affiliate of the national organization.
  
  
• From August, 1995 through May, 1996, representatives from Texas school-based health centers met monthly and developed organizational plans for the Texas Association of School-Based
  Health Centers.

• The Texas Department of Health (TDH) established the
  School-Based Clinics Division and provided competitive grant
  startup funding for school-based health clinics in Texas.

• National health reform initiatives provided the impetus for local communities to expand school-based health services.