[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6324 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6324

    To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local 
    educational agencies to provide for the services of registered 
                         dieticians in schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2010

Mr. Davis of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local 
    educational agencies to provide for the services of registered 
                         dieticians in schools.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dieticians in Schools Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PROVIDE FOR REGISTERED DIETICIANS IN SCHOOLS.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Education may make grants on a 
competitive basis to local educational agencies to allow such agencies 
to provide for the services of registered dieticians in schools served 
by such agencies.
    (b) Eligibility.--The Secretary may only make a grant under 
subsection (a) to a local educational agency that submits an 
application at such time, in such form, and accompanied by such 
information and assurances as the Secretary may require.
    (c) Use of Funds.--A local educational agency receiving a grant 
under subsection (a) shall use grant funds to provide, in each school 
served by such agency, for the services of a registered dietician who 
will carry out the following activities:
            (1) Teaching classes or conducting programs that teach 
        students about nutrition and healthy eating habits.
            (2) Assisting in the planning of meals served in the 
        cafeteria of the school to ensure that such meals are 
        nutritious and consistent with healthy eating habits. Such 
        planning shall take into consideration the needs of--
                    (A) students of different ages, food preferences, 
                activity levels, and cultural backgrounds; and
                    (B) students with food allergies and other dietary 
                restrictions.
    (d) Reports.--
            (1) By local educational agencies to secretary.--Not later 
        than 90 days after the end of each year in which a local 
        educational agency receives a grant under subsection (a), such 
        agency shall submit to the Secretary a report on the 
        implementation of the grant. Such report shall include--
                    (A) a summary of the activities conducted by 
                registered dieticians using grant funds;
                    (B) an assessment of the impact of such activities 
                on--
                            (i) the nutrition and eating habits of the 
                        students in schools served by the local 
                        educational agency; and
                            (ii) rates of obesity and overweight among 
                        such students; and
                    (C) an assessment of the future needs of such 
                schools related to nutrition education and ensuring the 
                availability of nutritious meals for students.
            (2) By secretary to congress.--Not later than 180 days 
        after the end of each year in which the Secretary makes a grant 
        under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the 
        Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
        and Pensions of the Senate a report on the grant program 
        conducted under this section, including a summary of the 
        reports received under paragraph (1) from local educational 
        agencies for such year.
    (e) Application to Charter Schools.--A charter school shall be 
eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), and this section 
shall apply to a charter school as if the charter school were a local 
educational agency serving only 1 school.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Charter school.--The term ``charter school'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 5210(1) of the Elementary 
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i(1)).
            (2) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
        agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 9101(26) of 
        such Act (20 U.S.C. 7801(26)).
            (3) Registered dietician.--The term ``registered 
        dietician'' means an individual who is registered as a 
        registered dietician by the Commission on Dietetic 
        Registration.
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