3.0.0 3293 2022-02-08T23:22:57Z 2022-02-08T23:22:57Z Senate S 2020-02-13 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-02-13T17:01:15Z Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 2020 116 7704 HR 2020-07-21 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2020-02-13 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2020-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2020-02-13 True Agriculture and Food Academic performance and assessments Child health Congressional oversight Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Horticulture and plants Indian social and development programs Minority education Nutrition and diet Performance measurement Teaching, teachers, curricula Agriculture and Food 00 2020-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-01T15:23:29Z Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Pilot Program to award grants to local educational agencies for (1) projects that hire qualified, full-time food and nutrition educators to carry out programs in schools that have the goal of improving student health and nutrition; and (2) projects that fund school gardens or other evidence-based interventions relating to student health and nutrition to create hands-on learning opportunities for students.

In awarding grants under the program, USDA must prioritize projects that serve schools or districts (1) in which not less than 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, or (2) that include neighborhoods with high rates of childhood obesity or other diet-related diseases.

]]> Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 2020 Display Title Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish the Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Pilot Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3293is/xml/BILLS-116s3293is.xml 2020-02-13 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.