1.This Act may be cited as the
Dieticians in Schools Act of
2010
.
2.Grants to provide
for registered dieticians in schools
(a)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)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)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)
(1)By local
educational agencies to SecretaryNot 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)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 schoolsA 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)In
this section:
(1)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)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)The term registered dietician means an
individual who is registered as a registered dietician by the Commission on
Dietetic Registration.