3.0.0 2066 2023-01-11T20:27:50Z 2023-01-11T20:27:50Z Senate S S 2007-09-18 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-09-18T22:51:27Z 2007-09-18 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N Education Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Beverages Child nutrition Department of Agriculture Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Exercise Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Food service Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Higher education Indian education Law Minorities Minority education Native Americans Performance measurement Physical education and training School lunch program School personnel Secondary education Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Standards Teacher education Education 00 2007-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-09T22:21:08Z Back to School: Improving Standards for Nutrition and Physical Education in Schools Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to revise the standards that set a minimal nutritional value for competitive foods and beverages (sold outside of the federally-funded school lunch and breakfast programs) so that they are consistent with those described in a report of the Institute of Medicine (Institute) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), dated April 25, 2007.

Applies such standards to all competitive foods and beverages sold on school campuses during the school day.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to arrange for the Institute to develop recommendations, every five years, for updating such standards so they reflect the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and scientific knowledge. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, after receiving the Institute's recommendations, to revise such standards.

Directs the Secretary to establish the Nutrition Standards in Schools Task Force to assist in establishing a user friendly system for identifying foods and beverages that meet nutrition standards.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to states, high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), and Indian tribes to provide food service and school personnel with the training needed to implement nutrition standards.

Requires federally-funded LEAs to implement policies requiring student participation in physical education programs that meet standards for physical activity issued by the Secretary, based on recommendations from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.

Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to states, high-need LEAs, and Indian tribes to provide teachers with the training and support needed to implement such physical education programs.

Requires the Carol M. White Physical Education program to meet the Secretary's standards for physical activity.

]]> Back to School: Improving Standards for Nutrition and Physical Education in Schools Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish nutrition and physical education standards for schools. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Back to School: Improving Standards for Nutrition and Physical Education in Schools Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Back to School: Improving Standards for Nutrition and Physical Education in Schools Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2066is/xml/BILLS-110s2066is.xml 2007-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.