US Congress House Bill 1886 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes a Department of Agriculture program to award grants to local educational agencies to appoint nutrition coordinators with a background in nutrition education, dietetics, or nutrition program management. The responsibilities of the coordinators include ensuring compliance with local school wellness policies under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, coordinating nutrition education programs with school food service directors, conducting training and facilitating information sharing of best practices, working with programs that promote and motivate students to participate in school wellness activities, coordinating and collaborating with other nutrition education programs, providing community outreach to promote nutrient-rich foods and farm-to-school activities, promoting regular physical activity in students, ensuring students receive effective and consistent messages regarding healthy eating and active living, and promoting nutrition education and team network nutrition programs in the state by coordinating and collaborating with the team nutrition network coordinator and community partners.

Nutrition Coordinators for Local Healthy Youth Act

Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]

Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]

Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-03-26	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1886/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1886/BILLS-116hr1886ih.pdf