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20-7-134. Powers and duties.
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20-7-134. Powers and duties.
(a) The Child Health Advisory Committee shall meet at least one (1) time per month and make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the State Board of Health consistent with the intent and purpose of this section and §§ 20-7-133 and 20-7-135.
(b) The committee shall develop nutrition and physical activity standards and policy recommendations with consideration of the following:
(1) Foods sold individually in school cafeterias but outside the regulated National School Lunch Program;
(2) Competitive foods as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture as the definition is in existence on January 1, 2015, and offered at schools typically through vending machines, student stores, school fundraisers, food carts, or food concessions;
(3) The continuing professional development of food service staff;
(4) The expenditure of funds derived from competitive food and beverage contracts;
(5) Physical education and activity;
(6) Systems to ensure the implementation of nutrition and physical activity standards; and
(7) The monitoring and evaluating of results and reporting of outcomes.
(c) The committee shall examine the progress of the Arkansas Coordinated School Health Program and make recommendations to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Health concerning the implementation of the Arkansas Coordinated School Health Program.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-7-134
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20-7-134. Powers and duties.
(a) The Child Health Advisory Committee shall meet at least one (1) time per month and make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the State Board of Health consistent with the intent and purpose of this section and §§ 20-7-133 and 20-7-135.
(b) The committee shall develop nutrition and physical activity standards and policy recommendations with consideration of the following:
(1) Foods sold individually in school cafeterias but outside the regulated National School Lunch Program;
(2) Competitive foods as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture as the definition is in existence on January 1, 2015, and offered at schools typically through vending machines, student stores, school fundraisers, food carts, or food concessions;
(3) The continuing professional development of food service staff;
(4) The expenditure of funds derived from competitive food and beverage contracts;
(5) Physical education and activity;
(6) Systems to ensure the implementation of nutrition and physical activity standards; and
(7) The monitoring and evaluating of results and reporting of outcomes.
(c) The committee shall examine the progress of the Arkansas Coordinated School Health Program and make recommendations to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Health concerning the implementation of the Arkansas Coordinated School Health Program.
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20-7-133. Child Health Advisory Committee — Creation.
(a) There is created a Child Health Advisory Committee to consist of twenty (20) members.
(b)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall appoint:
(A) One (1) member to represent the Department of Health;
(B) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics;
(C) One (1) member to represent the American Academy of Pediatrics, Arkansas Chapter;
(D) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians;
(E) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance;
(F) One (1) member to represent jointly the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the American Lung Association;
(G) One (1) member to represent the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences;
(H) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement;
(I) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families;
(J) One (1) member to represent the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; and
(K) One (1) member to represent the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities of the Department of Health.
(2) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education shall appoint:
(A) One (1) member to represent the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education;
(B) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas School Nutrition Association;
(C) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas School Nurses Association;
(D) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators;
(E) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas Parent Teacher Association;
(F) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-7-133
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-7-133. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-7-135. Nutrition and physical activity standards — Implementation.
(a) After having consulted the Child Health Advisory Committee and the State Board of Health, the State Board of Education shall promulgate appropriate rules to ensure that nutrition and physical activity standards and body mass index for age assessment protocols are implemented to provide students with the skills, opportunities, and encouragement to adopt healthy lifestyles.
(b) The Department of Health in consultation with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall:
(1) Employ one (1) qualified community health promotion professional with training or experience, or both, in nutrition, chronic disease, or another related field to be housed within the department to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate pilot or model programs to support schools and communities if funds are available;
(2) Employ one (1) statewide health promotion consultant to be housed within the division if funds are available;
(3) Employ one (1) person as a community health promotion specialist to support implementation of pilot or model programs in schools and communities in nutrition and physical activity in several distinct geographical areas of the state if funds are available;
(4) Assign all community health nurses under its supervision to work with schools to assure that body mass index for age assessment protocols are followed by school employees or their designees who conduct body mass index for age assessments and other student health screenings; and
(5) Not use more than five percent (5%) of the annual Department of Health Master Settlement Agreement funds for the salaries or programs created under this subsection.
(c) Every school district shall:
(1) Prohibit for elementary school students
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-7-135
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-7-135. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.