Sec. 112. Health and fitness school programs: training America’s youth to live healthy lifestyles
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The Secretaries shall carry out a 2-year pilot program consisting of awarding grants to eligible entities for the purpose of establishing or expanding evidence-based health and fitness programs in secondary schools in low-income communities. As a condition on receipt of a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall agree that any health and fitness program at a secondary school funded through the grant will— be conducted in partnership with the secondary school, community entities, and tribal councils; ensure the services provided are inclusive of students with disabilities; include services by recent graduates of institutions of higher education who are interested in pursuing graduate degrees in medicine, nursing, nutrition science, exercise physiology, public health, or a related discipline; use services by such graduates to supplement rather than supplant the health and fitness curriculum of the secondary school; include a highly effective student-mentor intervention and education program conducted by such graduates for a maximum of 2 years of service in 1 secondary school per graduate; build a healthier community through wellness activities and increased awareness about and access to healthy foods; provide daily health and fitness instruction to both students and faculty; conduct an annual in-school health and fitness fair using the services of secondary school students with the objective of building a healthier community through wellness activities and increased awareness about and access to healthy foods; conduct an annual school-based and an annual community-based health and fitness fair using the services of secondary school students with the objective of building a healthier community through wellness activities and increased awareness about and access to healthy foods; and expose secondary school students to a variety of career choices in wellness and health-related disciplines, including careers in medicine, nursing, nutrition science, and exercise physiology.
The Secretaries shall encourage grantees under this section to contribute funds from non-Federal sources to increase— the number of secondary schools at which health and fitness programs are offered; or the longevity of such programs. The Secretaries shall ensure that grants under this section are used to establish or expand health and fitness programs at a total of not less than 20 schools. As conditions on receipt of a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall agree to— conduct an annual assessment of health and fitness programs funded through the grant; on an annual basis, report the findings of each assessment under paragraph
(1)to the participating school, community partners, local contributors of funds, and tribal councils; and not later than the end of fiscal year 2016, submit a report to the Secretaries and an appropriate representative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the success of the programs in educating children and families and thereby preventing or reducing childhood obesity, including data from each assessment under paragraph (1). Not later than the end of fiscal year 2016, the Secretaries shall submit to the Congress a report that— summarizes the results achieved through programs funded under this section; and includes a summary of the reports submitted by grant recipients under subsection (e)(3). In this section: The term secondary school has the meaning given to such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). The term eligible entity means a nonprofit organization or entity with the ability to meet the requirements applicable to a grantee under this section, as determined by the Secretaries. The term low-income communities includes— communities with a high percentage of children eligible for free and reduced priced lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. ); and any other communities determined by the Secretaries to be low-income for purposes of this section. The term Secretaries means the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education, acting jointly and in conjunction with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,400,000 for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2016.
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