Senate File 2190 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY BEALL, CONNOLLY, SCHOENJAHN,
RAGAN, MULDER, WOOD, HATCH,
DANIELSON, DOTZLER, DVORSKY,
KREIMAN, DEARDEN, RIELLY,
HANCOCK, FRAISE, COURTNEY,
QUIRMBACH, KIBBIE, BLACK,
BOLKCOM, STEWART, and ZAUN
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act directing the department of education to convene a healthy
2 kids task force.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. HEALTHY KIDS TASK FORCE.
1 2 1. The department of education, in cooperation with the
1 3 Iowa department of public health, shall convene a health kids
1 4 task force to study and recommend measures to reduce the level
1 5 of obesity in Iowa's student population. The department of
1 6 education, in cooperation with the Iowa department of public
1 7 health, shall provide staffing and administrative support to
1 8 the task force. The task force shall study, at a minimum, the
1 9 following:
1 10 a. The adequacy of the current physical education
1 11 standards and requirements, practitioner preparation programs
1 12 for physical education instructors, and the licensure
1 13 standards for physical education practitioners. The task
1 14 force shall consider the benefits and disadvantages of
1 15 establishing a statewide physical education curriculum and
1 16 investigate current literature and recommendations for best
1 17 practices in physical education instruction.
1 18 b. The current level of health, nutrition, and physical
1 19 fitness prevalent among students. The task force shall
1 20 develop recommendations for exposing students to the greatest
1 21 variety of physical activities, to instill knowledge of the
1 22 importance of good physical fitness and a good diet to general
1 23 health, and encourage a habit of lifelong physical activity.
1 24 The task force shall also develop a model policy regarding
1 25 access to nutritious foods, opportunities for physical
1 26 activity, and accurate education related to these topics. The
1 27 policy shall include a minimum standard for the nutritional
1 28 content of foods and beverages sold or provided throughout the
1 29 school day or sold in competition with the federal school food
1 30 programs.
1 31 2. The department of education shall appoint members of
1 32 the task force representing the departments of education and
1 33 public health; the Iowa heart association; the university of
1 34 northern Iowa college of health, physical education, and
1 35 leisure services; the Iowa dietetic association; the Iowa
2 1 school nutrition directors association; the Iowa association
2 2 of school boards; the Iowa medical association; the Iowa
2 3 dental association; the Iowa association for health, physical
2 4 education, recreation and dance; the university of Iowa
2 5 college of public health; and Iowa state university extension.
2 6 3. The task force shall submit the model policy and its
2 7 findings and recommendations to the governor and the general
2 8 assembly by July 1, 2008, and the department of education
2 9 shall post the model policy on its internet website by August
2 10 1, 2008.
2 11 EXPLANATION
2 12 This bill directs the department of education, in
2 13 cooperation with the Iowa department of public health, to
2 14 convene a healthy kids task force to study and recommend
2 15 measures to reduce the level of obesity in Iowa's student
2 16 population. The department of education, in cooperation with
2 17 the Iowa department of public health, is to provide staffing
2 18 and administrative support to the task force.
2 19 The task force is directed to study Iowa's physical
2 20 education standards and requirements, practitioner preparation
2 21 programs for physical education instructors, and the licensure
2 22 standards for physical education practitioners; to consider
2 23 the benefits and disadvantages of establishing a statewide
2 24 physical education curriculum; and to investigate current
2 25 literature and recommendations for best practices in physical
2 26 education instruction.
2 27 The task force is also directed to study the current level
2 28 of health, nutrition, and physical fitness prevalent among
2 29 students, and to develop a model policy regarding access to
2 30 nutritious foods, opportunities for physical activity, and
2 31 accurate education related to these topics. The policy is to
2 32 include a minimum standard for the nutritional content of
2 33 foods and beverages sold or provided throughout the school day
2 34 or sold in competition with the federal school food programs.
2 35 The task force must submit the model policy and its
3 1 findings and recommendations to the governor and the general
3 2 assembly by July 1, 2008, and the department of education must
3 3 post the model policy on its website by August 1, 2008.
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