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Local Wellness Policy
What are the requirements for
Missouri schools?
Child Nutrition and WIC
Reauthorization Act 2004
S. 2507
PL 108-265
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_p
ublic_laws&docid=f:publ265.108.pdf
Signed into law June 30, 2004
Section 120. Fresh fruit and vegetable program
Section 122. Access to local foods and school
gardens
Section 204. Local wellness policy
Section 205. Team nutrition network
Section 401. Sense of Congress regarding efforts
to prevent and reduce childhood obesity
Section 120. Fresh fruit and
vegetable program
8 grants to make fresh fruits and vegetables
available to students during the school day
In schools with no less than 50% students
eligible for free and reduced meals
Priority to schools that partner with nonFederal resources
Section 122. Access to local foods
and school gardens
Competitive matching grants to schools
and nonprofits to:
Promote farm-to-cafeteria activities,
including school gardens
Procure local foods for school meals
Support nutrition education activities or
curriculum involving children in agriculture
education activities
Section 205.
Team nutrition network
A statewide multidisciplinary program for
children to promote healthy eating and
physical activity based on scientifically
valid information and sound educational,
social, and marketing principles.
Section 401. Sense of Congress regarding
efforts to prevent & reduce childhood obesity
The State of Arkansas is commended for its
leadership in combating childhood obesity
and could serve as a model for States across
the United States.
Section 204.
Local wellness policy
1. 1. Includes goals for nutrition
education, physical activity, and other
school-based activities that are
designed to promote student wellness
in a manner that the LEA determines
is appropriate.
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2. 2. Includes nutrition guidelines
selected by the LEA for all foods
available on each school campus
during the school day with the
objectives of promoting student
health and reducing childhood
obesity.
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3. 3. Guidelines for reimbursable school
meals shall not be less restrictive than
regulations and guidance issued by
Secretary of Agriculture.
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4. 4. Establishes a plan for measuring
implementation of the policy. One
person in school is designated with
responsibility for ensuring
compliance.
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5. 5. Involves parents, students,
representatives of the school food
authority, the school board, school
administrators and the public in the
development of the school wellness
policy.
Due Date
School boards must adopt the wellness
policies by the first day of the 20062007 school year.
On the web…
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/
click on Local Wellness Policy
or Healthy Schools
“Help! I’ve never written policy.”
Policy Development Worksheet
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/dnhs_pdfs/NPE_c
hangingscene_policy_checklist.pdf
“I’m concerned about teachers
using candy as a reward”
http://cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy
/constructive_rewards.pdf
“School employees practice
unhealthy habits in front of children.”
Marketing to children
http://cspinet.org/marketingguidelines.pdf
“How can we change foods and
beverages offered in vending
machines?”
Vending machine survey
http://cspinet.org/schoolfood/index.html
Move Beyond the Minimum!
Wellness is more than good nutrition, more
than physical activity, more than fitness,
more than absence of disease:
Wellness is a focus on the whole child.