Sec. 3. School nutrition education requirement
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Section 9A(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758b(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking nutrition promotion and education, physical activity, and inserting physical activity ; by redesignating paragraphs
(2)through
(5)as paragraphs
(3)through (6), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph (1), the following: includes a requirement for 50 hours of school nutrition education during a school year per student that includes instruction that— is consistent with sections 9 and 17 of this Act, and sections 4 and 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773 , 1779); is offered at each grade level as part of a sequential, comprehensive, standards-based program designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote and protect their health; is part of not only health education classes, but is also encouraged to be incorporated into classroom instruction in subjects such as math, science, language arts, social sciences, and elective subjects; includes enjoyable, developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant, participatory activities, such as contests, promotions, taste testing, farm visits, and school gardens; promotes fruits, vegetables, whole grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products, healthy food preparation methods, and health-enhancing nutrition practices; emphasizes caloric balance between food intake and energy expenditure; coordinates with school meal programs, other school foods programs, and nutrition-related community services; teaches media literacy with an emphasis on food marketing; provides training for teachers and other staff in nutrition education; and establishes a process to evaluate the effectiveness of the requirements of school nutrition education described in subparagraphs
(A)through (I); . The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall take effect at the beginning of the school year following the date of the enactment of this Act, but not earlier than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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