HB 151 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
23Mar2005… 0559h
2005 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 151
AN ACT requiring school districts to develop a school age nutrition and physical activity committee.
SPONSORS: Rep. Price, Hills 26; Rep. French, Merr 5; Rep. Miller, Straf 7; Rep. Carter, Hills 3; Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Odell, Dist 8
This bill requires each school district to establish a school age nutrition and physical activity advisory committee to develop policy for nutrition and physical activity.
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23Mar2005… 0559h
05-0111
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT requiring school districts to develop a school age nutrition and physical activity committee.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; School Boards; Food and Nutrition Programs. Amend RSA 189:11-a by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII.(a) Each school board shall establish, maintain, or utilize existing committees to form a school age nutrition and physical activity advisory committee which shall develop school district policy on nutrition and physical activity during the school day. The committee may include food service directors, health education and physical education faculty, school nurses, parents, pupils, nutritionists, health care professionals, a school administration representative, and community members, in such proportions as deemed appropriate and available by the school board. The committee shall submit its policies, recommendations, or reports annually to the school board. A summary of the policy shall be made available in print or electronic form to the community no later than July 1, 2006. When aggregate data on the height, weight, and fitness scores for New Hampshire’s school children is made available to the department of education, the department shall provide a link to such data on its website.
(b) The policy set by the committee shall address the following issues:
(1) Food quality and choices.
(2) Ensuring that all foods made available by school personnel to pupils during the school day, outside of the United States Department of Agriculture school meals program, contribute to a healthy diet.
(3) Approving the sale of all foods on school grounds, including but not limited to school stores, a-la-carte items in cafeterias, school fundraisers involving food sales, vending machines, snacks, and foods teachers sell in class.
(4) Increasing availability of fruits and vegetables in all school-related food sites.
(5) Addressing physical activity of all pupils and recommending that all pupils engage in physical activity throughout the school day.
(6) Promoting physical activity for all pupils that develops the knowledge, attitudes, skills, behavior, and motivation needed to be physically active for life.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.