Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2602
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11 The Committee on Education (Baker) recommended the following
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Section 1003.453, Florida Statutes, is
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20 1003.453 School wellness and physical education
21 policies; nutrition guidelines.--
22 (1) By September 1, 2006, each school district shall
23 submit to the Department of Education a copy of its school
24 wellness policy as required by the Child Nutrition and WIC
25 Reauthorization Act of 2004 and a copy of its physical
26 education policy required under s. 1003.455. Each school
27 district shall annually review its school wellness policy and
28 physical education policy and provide a procedure for public
29 input and revisions. In addition, each school district shall
30 send an updated copy of its wellness policy and physical
31 education policy to the department when a change or revision
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1 is made.
2 (2) By December 1, 2006, the department shall post
3 links to each school district's school wellness policy and
4 physical education policy on its website so that the policies
5 can be accessed and reviewed by the public. Each school
6 district shall provide the most current versions of its school
7 wellness policy and physical education policy on the
8 district's website.
9 (3) By December 1, 2006, the department must provide
10 on its website links to resources that include information
11 regarding:
12 (a) Classroom instruction on the benefits of exercise
13 and healthful eating.
14 (b) Classroom instruction on the health hazards of
15 using tobacco and being exposed to tobacco smoke.
16 (c) The eight components of a coordinated school
17 health program, including health education, physical
18 education, health services, and nutrition services.
19 (d) The core measures for school health and wellness,
20 such as the School Health Index.
21 (e) Access for each student to the nutritional content
22 of foods and beverages and to healthful food choices in
23 accordance with the dietary guidelines of the United States
24 Department of Agriculture.
25 (f) Multiple examples of school wellness policies for
26 school districts.
27 (g) Examples of wellness classes that provide
28 nutrition education for teachers and school support staff,
29 including encouragement to provide classes that are taught by
30 a licensed nutrition professional from the school nutrition
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1 (4) School districts are encouraged to provide basic
2 training in first aid, including cardiopulmonary
3 resuscitation, for all students, beginning in grade 6 and
4 every 2 years thereafter. Private and public partnerships for
5 providing training or necessary funding are encouraged.
6 Section 2. Section 1003.455, Florida Statutes, is
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8 1003.455 Physical education; assessment.--
9 (1) It is the responsibility of each district school
10 board to develop a physical education program that stresses
11 physical fitness and encourages healthful healthy, active
12 lifestyles and to encourage all students in prekindergarten
13 through grade 12 to participate in physical education.
14 Physical education shall consist of physical activities of at
15 least a moderate intensity level and for a duration sufficient
16 to provide a significant health benefit to students, subject
17 to the differing capabilities of students. All physical
18 education programs and curricula must be reviewed by a
19 certified physical education instructor.
20 (2) Each district school board shall, no later than
21 December 1, 2004, adopt a written physical education policy
22 that details the school district's physical education program
23 and expected program outcomes. Each district school board
24 shall provide a copy of its written policy to the Department
25 of Education by December 15, 2004.
26 (3) Each district school board is encouraged to
27 provide 150 minutes of physical education each week for
28 students in kindergarten through grade 5 and 225 minutes each
29 week for students in grades 6 through 8. Any district that
30 does not adopt a physical education policy by December 1,
31 2004, shall, at a minimum, implement a mandatory physical
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1 education program for kindergarten through grade 5 which
2 provides students with 30 minutes of physical education each
3 day, 3 days a week.
4 Section 3. Subsections (2) and (5) of section
5 381.0056, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
6 381.0056 School health services program.--
7 (2) The Legislature finds that health services
8 conducted as a part of the total school health program should
9 be carried out to appraise, protect, and promote the health of
10 students. School health services supplement, rather than
11 replace, parental responsibility and are designed to encourage
12 parents to devote attention to child health, to discover
13 health problems, and to encourage use of the services of their
14 physicians, dentists, and community health agencies. Each
15 school shall annually provide all parents and guardians with
16 information on ways that they can help their children to be
17 physically active and to eat healthful foods.
18 (5)(a) Each county health department shall develop,
19 jointly with the district school board and the local school
20 health advisory committee, a school health services plan; and
21 the plan must shall include, at a minimum, provisions for:
22 1.(a) Health appraisal;
23 2.(b) Records review;
24 3.(c) Nurse assessment;
25 4.(d) Nutrition assessment;
26 5.(e) A preventive dental program;
27 6.(f) Vision screening;
28 7.(g) Hearing screening;
29 8.(h) Scoliosis screening;
30 9.(i) Growth and development screening;
31 10.(j) Health counseling;
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1 11.(k) Referral and followup of suspected or confirmed
2 health problems by the local county health department;
3 12.(l) Meeting emergency health needs in each school;
4 13.(m) County health department personnel to assist
5 school personnel in health education curriculum development;
6 14.(n) Referral of students to appropriate health
7 treatment, in cooperation with the private health community
8 whenever possible;
9 15.(o) Consultation with a student's parent or
10 guardian regarding the need for health attention by the family
11 physician, dentist, or other specialist when definitive
12 diagnosis or treatment is indicated;
13 16.(p) Maintenance of records on incidents of health
14 problems, corrective measures taken, and such other
15 information as may be needed to plan and evaluate health
16 programs; except, however, that provisions in the plan for
17 maintenance of health records of individual students must be
18 in accordance with s. 1002.22;
19 17.(q) Health information which will be provided by
20 the school health nurses, when necessary, regarding the
21 placement of students in exceptional student programs and the
22 reevaluation at periodic intervals of students placed in such
23 programs; and
24 18.(r) Notification to the local nonpublic schools of
25 the school health services program and the opportunity for
26 representatives of the local nonpublic schools to participate
27 in the development of the cooperative health services plan.
28 (b) Each school health advisory committee must, at a
29 minimum, include members who represent the eight component
30 areas of the Coordinated School Health model as defined by the
31 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. School health
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1 advisory committees are encouraged to address the eight
2 components of the Coordinated School Health model in the
3 school district's school wellness policy pursuant to s.
4 1003.453.
5 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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9 And the title is amended as follows:
10 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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12 and insert:
13 A bill to be entitled
14 An act relating to health-related education in
15 the public schools; creating s. 1003.453, F.S.;
16 requiring each school district to submit to the
17 Department of Education, by a specified
18 deadline, copies of the district's school
19 wellness policy and physical education policy;
20 requiring the school district to review those
21 policies annually; requiring the department and
22 school districts to post links to those
23 policies on their websites; requiring the
24 department to provide website links to certain
25 resources and prescribing the types of
26 information those resources must provide;
27 encouraging school districts to provide basic
28 training in first aid to students in certain
29 grade levels; amending s. 1003.455, F.S.;
30 requiring that school district physical
31 education programs and curricula be reviewed by
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1 a certified physical education instructor;
2 encouraging school districts to provide
3 physical education for a specified amount of
4 time; deleting obsolete language; amending s.
5 381.0056, F.S., the "School Health Services
6 Act"; requiring schools to annually provide
7 certain information to students' parents and
8 guardians; providing requirements relating to
9 membership of school health advisory
10 committees; encouraging the committees to
11 address specified matters; providing an
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