[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3342 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3342

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish 
  a demonstration project to promote collaborations to improve school 
                               nutrition.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 11, 2010

  Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish 
  a demonstration project to promote collaborations to improve school 
                               nutrition.

    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 ``Healthy Schools Partnerships Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. HEALTHY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIPS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

    Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Healthy Schools Partnerships Demonstration Program.--
            ``(1) Definition of eligible entity.--In this section, the 
        term `eligible entity' means a school food authority that 
        demonstrates that the school food authority has collaborated, 
        or will collaborate, with 1 or more local partner organizations 
        (including academic experts, registered dietitians or other 
        nutrition professionals, community partners, or non-profit 
        organizations) to achieve the purposes described in paragraph 
        (2).
            ``(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the demonstration project 
        established under this subsection are--
                    ``(A) to assist schools in improving the 
                nutritional standards of school meals and the overall 
                school environment; and
                    ``(B) to use local resources and expertise to 
                promote collaborations and develop sustainable and 
                replicable models for making systemic changes that 
                promote good nutrition and healthy living among 
                students.
            ``(3) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a 
        demonstration project under which the Secretary shall make 
        grants to eligible entities to fund collaborations of academic 
        experts, nonprofit organizations, registered dietitians or 
        other nutrition professionals, community partners, and local 
        schools to test and evaluate innovative models to improve 
        nutrition education, student decisionmaking, and healthy school 
        environments.
            ``(4) Application.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An eligible entity shall submit 
                to the Secretary an application at such time, in such 
                manner, and containing such information as the 
                Secretary may require.
                    ``(B) Contents.--In addition to any other 
                requirements of the Secretary, each application shall--
                            ``(i) identify the 1 or more problems that 
                        the eligible entity will address;
                            ``(ii) identify the activity that the grant 
                        will be used to fund;
                            ``(iii) describe the means by which the 
                        activity will improve the health and nutrition 
                        of the school environment;
                            ``(iv) list the partner organizations that 
                        will participate in the activity funded by the 
                        grant; and
                            ``(v) describe the metrics used to measure 
                        success in achieving the stated goals.
            ``(5) Priority.--In making grants under this subsection, 
        the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that 
        demonstrate--
                    ``(A) a severe need to improve the school 
                environment, as demonstrated by high numbers of 
                students receiving free or reduced price lunches, high 
                levels of obesity or other indicators of poor health 
                status, and health disparities in the community served 
                by the school;
                    ``(B) a commitment by community partners to make 
                in-kind or cash contributions; and
                    ``(C) the ability to measure results.
            ``(6) Use of funds.--An eligible entity shall use a grant 
        received under this subsection--
                    ``(A) to assess the problem of childhood obesity 
                and poor nutrition in the school environment;
                    ``(B) to develop an innovative plan or intervention 
                to address specific causes of the problem in 
                coordination with outside partners, including by 
                developing and testing innovative models to improve 
                student health and nutrition as measured by--
                            ``(i) changes that result in healthier 
                        school environments, including more nutritious 
                        food being served in cafeterias and available a 
                        la carte;
                            ``(ii) increased nutrition education;
                            ``(iii) improved ability of students to 
                        identify healthier choices;
                            ``(iv) changes in attitudes of students 
                        towards healthier food;
                            ``(v) student involvement in making school 
                        environments healthier;
                            ``(vi) increased access to physical 
                        activity, physical education, and recess;
                            ``(vii) professional development and 
                        continuing education opportunities for school 
                        administrators, teachers, and school nurses; 
                        and
                            ``(viii) changes in school policies that 
                        promote access to healthier food and physical 
                        activity;
                    ``(C) to implement the plan or intervention in 
                partnership with outside partners;
                    ``(D) to measure and evaluate effectiveness of the 
                intervention; or
                    ``(E) to assess the sustainability and 
                replicability of this model.
            ``(7) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $2,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.''.
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