Directs the commissioner of education to establish a New York state model wellness policy which is in compliance with the local wellness policies required by the federal healthy, hunger-free kids act of 2010.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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810--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. BIAGGI, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to local wellness poli-
cies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2-f to
2 read as follows:
3 § 2-f. Model wellness policy. 1. The commissioner shall establish a
4 New York state model wellness policy. Such policy shall be developed:
5 (a) In consultation with state agencies including, but not limited to,
6 the department of health, department of agriculture and markets, office
7 of mental health, and office of temporary and disability assistance; and
8 (b) Once the model wellness policy is drafted, the commissioner shall
9 solicit comments and feedback from experts and stakeholders, including
10 but not limited to school administrators, school boards, teachers,
11 parents, students, school food service directors, physicians, nurses,
12 registered dietitians, nutritionists, mental health professionals, coop-
13 erative extensions, not-for-profit organizations, and institutions of
14 higher education.
15 2. The wellness policy established by subdivision one of this section
16 shall be in compliance with all relevant state and federal laws, includ-
17 ing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 7 CFR 210.30, and repre-
18 sent best practices and guidance from (i) the stakeholder group estab-
19 lished in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section and (ii) the
20 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Whole School, Whole Commu-
21 nity, Whole Child model.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. On or before January first, two thousand twenty-two, the model
2 wellness policy shall be made available to school districts, boards of
3 cooperative educational services, charter schools and nonpublic schools.
4 School districts, boards of cooperative educational services, charter
5 schools and nonpublic schools may, but shall not be required to, incor-
6 porate all or part of the model policy as a part of their locally
7 adopted wellness policy.
8 4. On or before July first, two thousand twenty-two, the commissioner
9 shall establish and maintain an online, publicly available and searcha-
10 ble database of every local educational agencies' most recently reviewed
11 wellness policy and triennial assessment.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
