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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
114
BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
nutrition
standards
and
guidelines
1
and
to
a
nutrition
advisory
panel
convened
by
the
department
2
of
education.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
29,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
256.9,
subsection
34,
Code
2021,
is
amended
3
to
read
as
follows:
4
34.
Provide
educational
resources
and
technical
assistance
5
to
schools
relating
to
the
implementation
of
the
nutritional
6
guidelines
for
food
and
beverages
sold
on
public
school
grounds
7
or
on
the
grounds
of
nonpublic
schools
receiving
funds
under
8
section
283A.10
.
9
Sec.
3.
Section
256.9,
subsections
50
and
51,
Code
2021,
are
10
amended
by
striking
the
subsections.
11
Sec.
4.
Section
283A.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
12
to
read
as
follows:
13
1.
“Nutritionally
adequate
meal”
means
a
lunch
or
breakfast
14
which
meets
the
nutrition
guidelines
established
and
standards
15
promulgated
by
the
United
States
department
of
education
16
agriculture
pursuant
to
7
C.F.R.
pt.
210
and
7
C.F.R.
§220.23
.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
strikes
provisions
directing
the
state
board
21
of
education
to
adopt
rules
relating
to
the
definition
of
22
“nutritionally
adequate
meal”,
used
by
school
districts
23
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
provide
meals
that
24
meet
federally
funded
school
meal
program
requirements,
and
25
requiring
the
state
board
to
adopt
rules
establishing
nutrition
26
content
standards
for
foods
and
beverages
sold
or
provided
on
27
the
school
grounds
during
the
school
day,
but
exclusive
of
28
foods
sold
for
fundraising
purposes
and
foods
and
beverages
29
sold
at
concession
stands.
30
Under
the
bill,
“nutritionally
adequate
meal”
means
a
lunch
31
or
breakfast
which
meets
nutrition
guidelines
and
standards
32
promulgated
by
the
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture.
33
The
bill
eliminates
a
provision
requiring
the
director
34
of
the
department
of
education
to
convene,
in
collaboration
35
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with
the
department
of
public
health,
a
nutrition
advisory
1
panel
to
review
research
in
pediatric
nutrition.
Currently,
2
the
panel
must
meet
every
five
years
and
submit
its
findings
3
and
recommendations
in
a
report
to
the
state
board,
which
the
4
state
board
must
consider
when
establishing
or
amending
rules
5
relating
to
the
nutritional
content
standards.
Membership
6
on
the
advisory
panel
includes
at
least
one
Iowa
state
7
university
extension
nutrition
and
health
field
specialist
8
and
representatives
from
the
Iowa
academy
of
nutrition
and
9
dietetics,
the
school
nutrition
association
of
Iowa,
the
Iowa
10
association
of
school
boards,
the
school
administrators
of
11
Iowa,
the
Iowa
chapter
of
the
American
academy
of
pediatrics,
12
a
school
association
representing
parents,
the
Iowa
grocery
13
industry
association,
an
accredited
nonpublic
school,
and
the
14
Iowa
state
education
association.
15
The
bill
also
eliminates
the
requirement
that
the
director
16
of
the
department
of
education
monitor
school
districts
17
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
for
compliance
with
the
18
nutritional
content
standards,
and
a
requirement
that
school
19
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
annually
make
20
the
standards
available
to
students,
parents,
and
the
local
21
community.
Currently,
a
noncompliant
school
district
or
22
accredited
nonpublic
school
must
submit
to
the
director
a
23
corrective
action
plan
that
sets
forth
the
steps
to
be
taken
to
24
ensure
full
compliance.
25
The
bill
makes
corresponding
changes.
26
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