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Public Act 094-0199
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LRB094 07668 NHT 37842 b |
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AN ACT concerning schools.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
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 |
goal that all school districts have a wellness policy that is |
consistent with recommendations of the Centers for Disease |
Control and Prevention (CDC), which recommendations include |
the following: |
(1) nutrition guidelines for all foods sold on school |
campus during the school day; |
(2) setting school goals for nutrition education and |
physical activity; |
(3) establishing community participation in creating |
local wellness policies; and |
(4) creating a plan for measuring implementation of |
these wellness policies. |
The Department of Public Health, the Department of Human |
Services, and the State Board of Education shall form an |
interagency working group to publish model wellness policies |
and recommendations. Sample policies shall be based on CDC |
recommendations for nutrition and physical activity. The State |
Board of Education shall distribute the model wellness policies |
to all school districts before June 1, 2006. |
(b) There is created the School Wellness Policy Taskforce, |
consisting of
the following members: |
(1) One member representing the State Board of |
Education, appointed by the State Board of Education. |
(2) One member representing the Department of Public |
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Health, appointed by the Director of Public Health. |
(3) One member representing the Department of Human |
Services, appointed by the Secretary of Human Services. |
(4) One member of an organization representing the |
interests of school nurses in this State, appointed by the |
interagency working group. |
(5) One member of an organization representing the |
interests of school administrators in this State, |
appointed by the interagency working group. |
(6) One member of an organization representing the |
interests of school boards in this State, appointed by the |
interagency working group. |
(7) One member of an organization representing the |
interests of regional superintendents of schools in this |
State, appointed by the interagency working group. |
(8) One member of an organization representing the |
interests of parent-teacher associations in this State, |
appointed by the interagency working group. |
(9) One member of an organization representing the |
interests of pediatricians in this State, appointed by the |
interagency working group. |
(10) One member of an organization representing the |
interests of dentists in this State, appointed by the |
interagency working group. |
(11) One member of an organization representing the |
interests of dieticians in this State, appointed by the |
interagency working group. |
(12) One member of an organization that has an interest |
and expertise in heart disease, appointed by the |
interagency working group. |
(13) One member of an organization that has an interest |
and expertise in cancer, appointed by the interagency |
working group. |
(14) One member of an organization that has an interest |
and expertise in childhood obesity, appointed by the |
interagency working group. |
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(15) One member of an organization that has an interest |
and expertise in the importance of physical education and |
recreation in preventing disease, appointed by the |
interagency working group. |
(16) One member of an organization that has an interest |
and expertise in school food service, appointed by the |
interagency working group. |
(17) One member of an organization that has an interest |
and expertise in school health, appointed by the |
interagency working group. |
(18) One member of an organization that campaigns for |
programs and policies for healthier school environments, |
appointed by the interagency working group. |
(19) One at-large member with a doctorate in nutrition, |
appointed by the State Board of Education. |
Members of the taskforce shall serve without compensation. |
The taskforce shall meet at the call of the State Board of |
Education. The taskforce shall report its identification of |
barriers to implementing school wellness policies and its |
recommendations to reduce those barriers to the General |
Assembly and the Governor on or before January 1, 2006. The |
taskforce shall report its recommendations on statewide school |
nutrition standards to the General Assembly and the Governor on |
or before January 1, 2007. The taskforce shall report its |
evaluation of the effectiveness of school wellness policies to |
the General Assembly and the Governor on or before January 1, |
2008. The evaluation shall review a sample size of 5 to 10 |
school districts. Reports shall be made to the General Assembly |
by filing copies of each report as provided in Section 3.1 of |
the General Assembly Organization Act. Upon the filing of the |
last report, the taskforce is dissolved.
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(c) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules |
necessary to implement this Section. |
(d) Nothing in this Section may be construed as a |
curricular mandate on any school district.
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