Bill Text: NY S00810 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00810 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00810-Amended.html

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                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.
                                                                   LBD02966-02-1
        S. 810--A                           2

     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.