Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 3/8/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 162




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 162, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
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2-3.137 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.137 new)

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    Sec. 2-3.137. School wellness policies; taskforce.

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    (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a State 
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goal that all school districts have a wellness policy that is 
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consistent with recommendations of the Centers for Disease 
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Control and Prevention (CDC), which recommendations include 
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the following:
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        (1) nutrition guidelines for all foods sold on school 
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    campus during the school day;
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        (2) setting school goals for nutrition education and 
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    physical activity;
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        (3) establishing community participation in creating 
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    local wellness policies; and
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        (4) creating a plan for measuring implementation of 
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    these wellness policies.
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    The Department of Public Health, the Department of Human 
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Services, and the State Board of Education shall form an 
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interagency working group to publish model wellness policies 
 


 






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and recommendations.  Sample policies shall be based on CDC 
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recommendations for nutrition and physical activity.  The State 
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Board of Education shall distribute the model wellness policies 
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to all school districts before June 1, 2006.
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    (b) There is created the School Wellness Policy Taskforce, 
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consisting of

the following members:
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        (1)  One member representing the State Board of 
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    Education, appointed by the State Board of Education.
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        (2)  One member representing the Department of Public 
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    Health, appointed by the Director of Public Health.
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        (3)  One member representing the Department of Human 
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    Services, appointed by the Secretary of Human Services.
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        (4)  One member of an organization representing the 
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    interests of school nurses in this State, appointed by the 
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    interagency working group.
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        (5)  One member of an organization representing the 
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    interests of school administrators in this State, 
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    appointed by the interagency working group.
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        (6)  One member of an organization representing the 
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    interests of school boards in this State, appointed by the 
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    interagency working group.
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        (7)  One member of an organization representing the 
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    interests of regional superintendents of schools in this 
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    State, appointed by the interagency working group.
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        (8)  One member of an organization representing the 
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    interests of parent-teacher associations in this State, 
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    appointed by the interagency working group.
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        (9)  One member of an organization representing the 
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    interests of pediatricians in this State, appointed by the 
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    interagency working group.
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        (10)  One member of an organization representing the 
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    interests of dentists in this State, appointed by the 
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    interagency working group.
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        (11)  One member of an organization representing the 
 


 






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    interests of dieticians in this State, appointed by the 
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    interagency working group.
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        (12)  One member of an organization that has an interest 
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    and expertise in heart disease, appointed by the 
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    interagency working group.
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        (13)  One member of an organization that has an interest 
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    and expertise in cancer, appointed by the interagency 
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    working group.
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        (14)  One member of an organization that has an interest 
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    and expertise in childhood obesity, appointed by the 
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    interagency working group.
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        (15)  One member of an organization that has an interest 
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    and expertise in the importance of physical education and 
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    recreation in preventing disease, appointed by the 
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    interagency working group.
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        (16)  One member of an organization that has an interest 
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    and expertise in school food service, appointed by the 
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    interagency working group.
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        (17)  One member of an organization that has an interest 
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    and expertise in school health, appointed by the 
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    interagency working group.
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        (18)  One member of an organization that campaigns for 
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    programs and policies for healthier school environments, 
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    appointed by the interagency working group.
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        (19)  One at-large member with a doctorate in nutrition, 
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    appointed by the State Board of Education.
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    Members of the taskforce shall serve without compensation.  
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The taskforce shall meet at the call of the State Board of 
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Education.  The taskforce shall report its identification of 
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barriers to implementing school wellness policies and its 
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recommendations to reduce those barriers to the General 
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Assembly and the Governor on or before January 1, 2006.  The 
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taskforce shall report its recommendations on statewide school 
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nutrition standards to the General Assembly and the Governor on 
 


 






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or before January 1, 2007.   The taskforce shall report its 
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evaluation of the effectiveness of school wellness policies to 
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the General Assembly and the Governor on or before January 1, 
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2008.   The evaluation shall review a sample size of 5 to 10 
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school districts. Reports shall be made to the General Assembly 
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by filing copies of each report as provided in Section 3.1 of 
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the General Assembly Organization Act.  Upon the filing of the 
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last report, the taskforce is dissolved.

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    (c) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules 
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necessary to implement this Section.
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    (d) Nothing in this Section may be construed as a 
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curricular mandate on any school district.


 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".