2011 California Code
Education Code
TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000 - 64100]
ARTICLE 2.5. The Pupil Nutrition, Health, and Achievement Act of 2001
Section 49433

(a) A school district maintaining at least one elementary or middle school or high school that is participating in the pilot program pursuant to Section 49433.7 may convene a Child Nutrition and Physical Activity Advisory Committee that shall develop and recommend to the governing board of the school district for its adoption, school district policies on nutrition and physical activity. The committee shall include, but need not be limited to, school district governing board members, school administrators, food service directors, food service staff, parents, pupils, physical and health education teachers, dietitians, health care professionals, and interested community members. In developing the policy, the committee shall hold at least one public hearing.

(b) The policies shall address issues and goals, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Implementing the nutritional standards set forth in Section 49431.

(2) Encouraging fundraisers that promote good health habits and discouraging fundraisers that promote unhealthy foods.

(3) Ensuring that no pupil is hungry.

(4) Improving nutritional standards.

(5) Increasing the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables, including provisions that encourage schools to make fruits and vegetables available at all locations where food is sold.

(6) Ensuring, to the extent possible, that the food served is fresh.

(7) Encouraging eligible pupils to participate in the school lunch program.

(8) Integrating nutrition and physical activity into the overall curriculum.

(9) Ensuring regular professional development for food services staff.

(10) Ensuring pupils a minimum of 30 minutes to eat lunch and 20 minutes to eat breakfast, when provided.

(11) Ensuring pupils engage in healthful levels of vigorous physical activity.

(12) Ensuring pupils receive nutrition education.

(13) Improving the quality of physical education curricula and increasing training of physical education teachers.

(14) Enforcing existing physical education requirements.

(15) Altering the economic structures in place to encourage healthy eating by pupils and reduce dependency on generating profits for the school from the sale of unhealthy foods.

(16) Developing a financing plan to implement the policies.

(17) Increasing the availability of organic fruits and vegetables and school gardens.

(18) Collaborating with local farmers markets.

(c) A school district maintaining at least one elementary or middle school may apply to the State Department of Education for a grant to offset the costs of developing and adopting policies pursuant to this section. The grants shall be one-time grants and shall be available to applicant school districts by March 1, 2002.

(d) A participating school district shall receive a grant of no less than four thousand dollars ($4,000) and no more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), depending upon the size of the school district, for the purpose of offsetting the costs of developing the school district nutrition and physical activity policies.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 361, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)