House File 541 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY FORD
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to healthy student body requirements for school
2 districts.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 279.60 HEALTHY STUDENT BODY
1 2 REQUIREMENTS.
1 3 1. The board of directors of each public school shall
1 4 prohibit elementary school student access to vending machines
1 5 offering food and beverages in school district attendance
1 6 centers.
1 7 2. The board of directors of each public school shall do
1 8 all of the following:
1 9 a. Include, as part of the progress report submitted to
1 10 the local community pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 21,
1 11 paragraph "c", the amounts and specific sources of funds
1 12 received and expenditures made by the school district from
1 13 competitive food and beverage contracts, broken down by
1 14 attendance center if any such contract applies to or benefits
1 15 a particular attendance center.
1 16 b. Require schools to annually send to the parent or
1 17 guardian of a student a student health report that includes a
1 18 body mass index percentile by age for the student. The
1 19 determination of a student's body mass index shall be done
1 20 with regard for the privacy of the student in a location at
1 21 the school in which other persons are not present. The report
1 22 shall also include an explanation of the possible health
1 23 effects related to body mass index, nutrition, and physical
1 24 activity.
1 25 3. A student shall be excused from the determination of
1 26 the body mass index percentile provided for under subsection 2
1 27 if the student's parent or guardian files with the school
1 28 principal a written request that the pupil be excused.
1 29 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
1 30 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
1 31 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
1 32 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
1 33 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
1 34 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
1 35 to meet all the state mandate funding=related requirements of
2 1 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding
2 2 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act by
2 3 and enforcement of this Act against all affected school
2 4 districts.
2 5 EXPLANATION
2 6 This bill requires the board of directors of each public
2 7 school to prohibit elementary school student access to vending
2 8 machines offering food and beverages in attendance centers; to
2 9 include, as part of an academic progress report that the Code
2 10 requires each school district to annually submit to the
2 11 community, the amounts and specific sources of funds received
2 12 and expenditures made by the school district from competitive
2 13 food and beverage contracts; to send annually to a student's
2 14 parent or guardian a student health report that includes a
2 15 body mass index (BMI) percentile by age for the student and an
2 16 explanation of the possible health effects relating to body
2 17 mass index, nutrition, and physical activity.
2 18 The determination of a student's BMI must be done with
2 19 regard for the student's privacy, and the student shall be
2 20 excused from BMI determination if the student's parent or
2 21 guardian files with the school principal a written request
2 22 that the pupil be excused.
2 23 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
2 24 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any
2 25 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
2 26 district from state school foundation aid received by the
2 27 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
2 28 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
2 29 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
2 30 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
2 31 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
2 32 state mandates included in the bill.
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