| 1 | The Education Appropriations Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to health-related education in the public |
| 7 | schools; creating s. 1003.453, F.S.; requiring each school |
| 8 | district to submit to the Department of Education, by a |
| 9 | specified deadline, copies of the district's school |
| 10 | wellness policy and physical education policy; requiring |
| 11 | the school district to review those policies annually; |
| 12 | requiring the department and school districts to post |
| 13 | links to those policies on their websites; requiring the |
| 14 | department to provide website links to certain resources |
| 15 | and prescribing the types of information those resources |
| 16 | must provide; encouraging school districts to provide |
| 17 | basic training in first aid to students in certain grade |
| 18 | levels; amending s. 1003.455, F.S.; requiring that school |
| 19 | district physical education programs and curricula be |
| 20 | reviewed by a certified physical education instructor; |
| 21 | encouraging school districts to provide physical education |
| 22 | for a specified amount of time; deleting obsolete |
| 23 | language; amending s. 381.0056, F.S., the "School Health |
| 24 | Services Act"; requiring schools to annually provide |
| 25 | certain information to students' parents and guardians; |
| 26 | providing requirements relating to membership of school |
| 27 | health advisory committees; encouraging the committees to |
| 28 | address specified matters; providing an effective date. |
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| 30 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 32 | Section 1. Section 1003.453, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 33 | to read: |
| 34 | 1003.453 School wellness and physical education policies; |
| 35 | nutrition guidelines.-- |
| 36 | (1) By September 1, 2006, each school district shall |
| 37 | submit to the Department of Education a copy of its school |
| 38 | wellness policy as required by the Child Nutrition and WIC |
| 39 | Reauthorization Act of 2004 and a copy of its physical education |
| 40 | policy required under s. 1003.455. Each school district shall |
| 41 | annually review its school wellness policy and physical |
| 42 | education policy and provide a procedure for public input and |
| 43 | revisions. In addition, each school district shall send an |
| 44 | updated copy of its wellness policy and physical education |
| 45 | policy to the department when a change or revision is made. |
| 46 | (2) By December 1, 2006, the department shall post links |
| 47 | to each school district's school wellness policy and physical |
| 48 | education policy on its website so that the policies can be |
| 49 | accessed and reviewed by the public. Each school district shall |
| 50 | provide the most current versions of its school wellness policy |
| 51 | and physical education policy on the district's website. |
| 52 | (3) By December 1, 2006, the department must provide on |
| 53 | its website links to resources that include information |
| 54 | regarding: |
| 55 | (a) Classroom instruction on the benefits of exercise and |
| 56 | healthful eating. |
| 57 | (b) Classroom instruction on the health hazards of using |
| 58 | tobacco and being exposed to tobacco smoke. |
| 59 | (c) The eight components of a coordinated school health |
| 60 | program, including health education, physical education, health |
| 61 | services, and nutrition services. |
| 62 | (d) The core measures for school health and wellness, such |
| 63 | as the School Health Index. |
| 64 | (e) Access for each student to the nutritional content of |
| 65 | foods and beverages and to healthful food choices in accordance |
| 66 | with the dietary guidelines of the United States Department of |
| 67 | Agriculture. |
| 68 | (f) Multiple examples of school wellness policies for |
| 69 | school districts. |
| 70 | (g) Examples of wellness classes that provide nutrition |
| 71 | education for teachers and school support staff, including |
| 72 | encouragement to provide classes that are taught by a licensed |
| 73 | nutrition professional from the school nutrition department. |
| 74 | (4) School districts are encouraged to provide basic |
| 75 | training in first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, |
| 76 | for all students, beginning in grade 6 and every 2 years |
| 77 | thereafter. Private and public partnerships for providing |
| 78 | training or necessary funding are encouraged. |
| 79 | Section 2. Section 1003.455, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 80 | to read: |
| 81 | 1003.455 Physical education; assessment.-- |
| 82 | (1) It is the responsibility of each district school board |
| 83 | to develop a physical education program that stresses physical |
| 84 | fitness and encourages healthful healthy, active lifestyles and |
| 85 | to encourage all students in prekindergarten through grade 12 to |
| 86 | participate in physical education. Physical education shall |
| 87 | consist of physical activities of at least a moderate intensity |
| 88 | level and for a duration sufficient to provide a significant |
| 89 | health benefit to students, subject to the differing |
| 90 | capabilities of students. All physical education programs and |
| 91 | curricula must be reviewed by a certified physical education |
| 92 | instructor. |
| 93 | (2) Each district school board shall, no later than |
| 94 | December 1, 2004, adopt a written physical education policy that |
| 95 | details the school district's physical education program and |
| 96 | expected program outcomes. Each district school board shall |
| 97 | provide a copy of its written policy to the Department of |
| 98 | Education by December 15, 2004. |
| 99 | (3) Each district school board is encouraged to provide |
| 100 | 150 minutes of physical education each week for students in |
| 101 | kindergarten through grade 5 and 225 minutes each week for |
| 102 | students in grades 6 through 8. Any district that does not adopt |
| 103 | a physical education policy by December 1, 2004, shall, at a |
| 104 | minimum, implement a mandatory physical education program for |
| 105 | kindergarten through grade 5 which provides students with 30 |
| 106 | minutes of physical education each day, 3 days a week. |
| 107 | Section 3. Subsections (2) and (5) of section 381.0056, |
| 108 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 109 | 381.0056 School health services program.-- |
| 110 | (2) The Legislature finds that health services conducted |
| 111 | as a part of the total school health program should be carried |
| 112 | out to appraise, protect, and promote the health of students. |
| 113 | School health services supplement, rather than replace, parental |
| 114 | responsibility and are designed to encourage parents to devote |
| 115 | attention to child health, to discover health problems, and to |
| 116 | encourage use of the services of their physicians, dentists, and |
| 117 | community health agencies. Each school shall annually provide |
| 118 | all parents and guardians with information on ways that they can |
| 119 | help their children to be physically active and to eat healthful |
| 120 | foods. |
| 121 | (5)(a) Each county health department shall develop, |
| 122 | jointly with the district school board and the local school |
| 123 | health advisory committee, a school health services plan; and |
| 124 | the plan must shall include, at a minimum, provisions for: |
| 125 | 1.(a) Health appraisal; |
| 126 | 2.(b) Records review; |
| 127 | 3.(c) Nurse assessment; |
| 128 | 4.(d) Nutrition assessment; |
| 129 | 5.(e) A preventive dental program; |
| 130 | 6.(f) Vision screening; |
| 131 | 7.(g) Hearing screening; |
| 132 | 8.(h) Scoliosis screening; |
| 133 | 9.(i) Growth and development screening; |
| 134 | 10.(j) Health counseling; |
| 135 | 11.(k) Referral and followup of suspected or confirmed |
| 136 | health problems by the local county health department; |
| 137 | 12.(l) Meeting emergency health needs in each school; |
| 138 | 13.(m) County health department personnel to assist school |
| 139 | personnel in health education curriculum development; |
| 140 | 14.(n) Referral of students to appropriate health |
| 141 | treatment, in cooperation with the private health community |
| 142 | whenever possible; |
| 143 | 15.(o) Consultation with a student's parent or guardian |
| 144 | regarding the need for health attention by the family physician, |
| 145 | dentist, or other specialist when definitive diagnosis or |
| 146 | treatment is indicated; |
| 147 | 16.(p) Maintenance of records on incidents of health |
| 148 | problems, corrective measures taken, and such other information |
| 149 | as may be needed to plan and evaluate health programs; except, |
| 150 | however, that provisions in the plan for maintenance of health |
| 151 | records of individual students must be in accordance with s. |
| 152 | 1002.22; |
| 153 | 17.(q) Health information which will be provided by the |
| 154 | school health nurses, when necessary, regarding the placement of |
| 155 | students in exceptional student programs and the reevaluation at |
| 156 | periodic intervals of students placed in such programs; and |
| 157 | 18.(r) Notification to the local nonpublic schools of the |
| 158 | school health services program and the opportunity for |
| 159 | representatives of the local nonpublic schools to participate in |
| 160 | the development of the cooperative health services plan. |
| 161 | (b) Each school health advisory committee must, at a |
| 162 | minimum, include members who represent the eight component areas |
| 163 | of the Coordinated School Health model as defined by the Centers |
| 164 | for Disease Control and Prevention. School health advisory |
| 165 | committees are encouraged to address the eight components of the |
| 166 | Coordinated School Health model in the school district's school |
| 167 | wellness policy pursuant to s. 1003.453. |
| 168 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |