Senate Bill No. 107–Committee on Finance
(On Behalf of Legislative Committee on
Education)
February 13, 2001
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Referred to Committee on Finance
SUMMARY—Requires establishment of standards and
programs pertaining to promotion of health, wellness, physical fitness and good
nutrition at public schools. (BDR 34‑835)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
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EXPLANATION
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the state board of education to prescribe
standards for the sale of candy and soft drinks at public schools within this
state; requiring the department of education to develop a program to promote
health and wellness among persons employed at public schools within this state;
authorizing the transfer of certain sums of money from the state distributive
school account to provide training to teachers and administrators regarding
health, physical education and wellness; and providing other matters properly
relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1-1 Section 1. Chapter
385 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto
1-2 the provisions set forth as
sections 2 and 3 of this act.
1-3 Sec. 2. 1.
The state board shall, by regulation,
prescribe standards
1-4 for the sale of candy and soft drinks at public schools within this
state.
1-5 2. The standards prescribed by the state board
pursuant to subsection
1-6 1 must be consistent with:
1-7 (a) The standards of content
and performance for the course of study
1-8 of health, established pursuant to NRS 389.520 by the council to
1-9 establish academic standards for public schools; and
1-10 (b) Federal requirements
pertaining to the sale, at schools, of
1-11 competitive foods and foods of minimal nutritional value.
1-12 3. Each
public school, including, without limitation, each charter
1-13 school, shall comply with the standards prescribed by the state
board.
1-14 4. As used in this section:
1-15 (a) “Candy” includes
candies, cakes, cookies, glaceed fruits, prepared
1-16 cereals and other similar products, as determined by the state
board.
2-1 (b) “Competitive foods” has
the meaning ascribed to it in 7 C.F.R. §
2-2 210.11.
2-3 (c) “Food of minimal
nutritional value” has the meaning ascribed to
2-4 it in 7 C.F.R. § 210.11.
2-5 (d) “Soft drink” means any
nonalcoholic beverage, whether
2-6 carbonated or not, that is sweetened by sucrose, high fructose corn
syrup
2-7 or an artificial sweetener such as aspartame or saccharin. The term
does
2-8 not include:
2-9 (1) Water, coffee, tea or
milk, if such beverages are unsweetened;
2-10 or
2-11 (2) Beverages containing a
minimum of 50 percent by volume of
2-12 fruit or vegetable juice.
2-13 Sec. 3. The department, in
cooperation with the health division of
2-14 the department of human resources, shall develop a program to
promote
2-15 health and wellness among persons who are employed at public
schools
2-16 within this state. A program developed pursuant to this section
must be
2-17 designed to:
2-18 1. Ensure that participants in the program will
serve as role models
2-19 to pupils in the promotion of health and wellness; and
2-20 2. Reinforce standards for health and physical
education.
2-21 Sec. 4. 1. Upon the adoption of a
program pursuant to section 3 of
2-22 this act, the department of
education is hereby authorized to transfer from
2-23 the state distributive
school account to the school districts specified in this
2-24 section the following sums
for use during fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-
2-25 2003:
2-26 School District Amount
2-27 Clark County School District $782,000
2-28 Douglas County School District $272,000
2-29 Elko County School District. $289,000
2-30 Washoe County School District $357,000
2-31 $1,700,000
2-32 2. A school district that
receives an allocation pursuant to subsection 1
2-33 shall use the money to
provide, in accordance with the program developed
2-34 pursuant to section 3 of
this act, training on health, physical education and
2-35 wellness through the
regional training program for the professional
2-36 development of teachers and
administrators established by the school
2-37 district pursuant to section
16 of chapter 559, Statutes of Nevada 1999, at
2-38 page 2930.
2-39 3. Any remaining balance of
the transfers made pursuant to subsection
2-40 1 must not be committed for
expenditure after June 30, 2003, and reverts to
2-41 the state distributive
school account as soon as all payments of money
2-42 committed have been made.
2-43 Sec. 5. 1. On or
before January 1, 2002:
2-44 (a) The state board of education shall adopt regulations
prescribing
2-45 standards in accordance with
section 1 of this act; and
2-46 (b) The department of education shall adopt a program in accordance
2-47 with section 3 of this act.
3-1 2. Commencing with the
2002-2003 school year, each public school in
3-2 this state, including,
without limitation, each charter school, shall comply
3-3 with the standards
prescribed pursuant to section 1 of this act.
3-4 Sec. 6. 1. This section and
sections 1, 3, 4 and 5 of this act become
3-5 effective on July 1, 2001.
3-6 2. Section 2 of this act
becomes effective on July 1, 2001, for the
3-7 purpose of adopting
regulations and on July 1, 2002, for all other purposes.
3-8 H