Bills related to HR 3277

S.934 - Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act: 4/30/2009

Senate version of H.R.1324. Amends the CNA by updating the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of meals.

Agriculture Committee

H.R.1324 - Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act: 3/5/2009

House version of S. 934. Amends the CNA by updating the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of meals.

Education Committee

H.R.2322 - Healthy Food Choices for Kids Act: 5/7/2009

Establishes a pilot program to post nutritional content information regarding foods served at schools and to teach students how to make healthy food selections.

Education Committee

S.1500 - A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit schools that participate in the Federal school meal programs from serving foods that contain trans fats derived from partially hydrogenated oils: 7/22/2009

Prohibits schools that participate in the Federal School Meal program from serving foods that contain trans fats, and calls for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be given authority to regulate all food in public schools.

Agriculture Committee

S.1650 - A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the purchase and processing of healthful commodities for use in school meal programs: 9/8/2009

The Department of Agriculture will develop and provide state departments of education and agriculture with model product specifications and practices for foods offered in school nutrition programs to ensure that the foods reflect the most recent Dietary Guidelines. Also, the department will study and make recommendations on the nutritional information available to school food authorities.
Agriculture Committee

Warren County Schools Oppose HB 52

A recent news article in the Bowlingreen Daily News talks about how the Warren County School system opposes the bill that I am following.

"While there may be good intentions behind House Bill 52 - which aims to reduce obesity and improve body mass index in children, according to its authors - there is nothing good about its practical or logistical implementation, Warren County and Bowling Green school officials said."

I can kind of understand what they are saying. They are pushing for mandated time, but there isn't any room int eh schedule to implement it. In other words, time from some other area must be sacrificed.


Link:
http://www.bgdailynews.com/articles/2010/03/20/news/news1.txt

HR-3277 updates?

I did my weekly check on my the federal bill i selected. Unfortunately there has nto been and action since Oct. 22nd, which i reported on my first entry. This doesnt mean that the bill has flown under the radar though. There is some interesting discussion from other concerned citizens about the bill. On the tracking page of the bill there is 2 questions about the bill. Unfortunately none of the questions have been responded to by the sponsors of the bill. I will monitor them closely to see if anything comes up.

Amendment fileed for HB-52

An amendment, that was introduced on January 5th, was filed on Feb. 27th that would require the following:

"Direct the Kentucky Board of Education to require the recording of body mass index data on the Preventive Health Care Examination Form used by local health providers during examinations performed prior to a child's initial admission to school and prior to entry into the sixth grade; require the Kentucky Department of Education to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education on the implementation of school wellness policies in public schools; permit the department to share aggregate body mass index data with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prohibit K-5 schools from excluding students from physical activity as a form of discipline; delete requirement for schools to include activity and wellness data on school report card."


I think this amendment is great. It makes it possible to gather data on the entire public school system entering the 6th grade. It also bans the ability of the school to take away physical activity as a punishment. The data collected from this can be used by the state and local governments to get a better idea of what kind of interventions to implement in the school system.