Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 2. (1) The Department of Health in
18 partnership with the Department of Education shall award
19 grants to local school districts to implement a 3-year pilot
20 program that targets students in the fourth and fifth grades
21 in ten geographically and demographically diverse counties.
22 The pilot program must:
23 (a) Have a program provider. The program provider
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25 1. Have a prevention education program currently in
26 use throughout the school districts in this state in order to
27 receive funds under the grants provided by the pilot program;
28 2. Promote the "Fresh 2-U" campaign by the Department
29 of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
30 3. Have an established partnership with the Produce
31 for Better Health Foundation and promote its "5 A Day the
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1 Color Way" campaign; and
2 4. Work with school districts to use multimedia
3 methods and awareness events to promote healthful nutrition
4 and physical activity opportunities throughout the school
5 year, targeting students, staff, parents, and caregivers.
6 (b) Establish a school-based program in elementary
7 schools for purposes of promoting healthy eating habits,
8 increasing physical activity, and improving fitness, and
9 include formal curriculum on physical activity and nutrition
10 which is consistent with recommendations from the Governor's
11 Task Force on the Obesity Epidemic, February 2004.
12 (c) Provide education and professional-development
13 training to teachers on how to implement the program to model
14 physical activity and healthy eating behavior and on the
15 importance of building positive physical habits during school
16 and away from school.
17 (d) Empower teachers to facilitate educational
18 opportunities to support and sustain lifelong physical
19 activity and healthy eating.
20 (e) Incorporate physical activity and nutrition
21 education into core classroom subject areas and various
22 curricula, including, but not limited to, math, science, home
23 economics, and language arts, linked to the Sunshine State
24 Standards.
25 (f) Integrate nutrition and physical activities into
26 other educational opportunities both inside and outside of the
27 classroom. Teachers, administrators, school food-service
28 personnel, other school personnel, parents, and students shall
29 collaborate on creating a positive physical activity and
30 healthy nutrition environment. The program must also include
31 resources and activities that engage and involve parents and
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1 caregivers.
2 (g) Provide resources and education for core classroom
3 teachers to promote collaboration between the physical
4 education and core classroom teachers and create a
5 comprehensive educational experience to enable the students to
6 develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to make healthy
7 decisions using critical-thinking skills throughout their
8 lives while enhancing the reading and academic skills of the
9 students.
10 (h) Provide resources that are sustainable, and
11 provide open, web-based resources to teachers and students
12 across the state.
13 (i) Be compliant with the applicable state education
14 standards.
15 (j) Provide nutrition-education activities that are
16 developed in partnership with the Produce for Better Health
17 Foundation.
18 (k) Develop curriculum that is evidenced and
19 research-based and seek to have results published in
20 peer-reviewed journals demonstrating a statistically
21 significant reduction in body mass index and an increase in
22 fruit and vegetable consumption and levels of physical
23 activity among participating students.
24 (l) Hire a statewide coordinator to provide ongoing
25 support for teachers and staff who implement the program.
26 (2) At the completion of the 3-year pilot program, the
27 Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
28 Accountability shall conduct a performance evaluation to
29 determine the effectiveness of the program in changing body
30 mass index, increasing knowledge, and improving attitudes and
31 behaviors of students related to nutrition and physical
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1 activity. Following the completion of the 2006-2007 and
2 2007-2008 school years, the Office of Program Policy Analysis
3 and Government Accountability shall submit interim reports to
4 the Legislature.
5 (3) To be eligible for the grant, school districts
6 must agree to collect information that the Office of Program
7 Policy Analysis and Government Accountability needs to conduct
8 its evaluations. This information will facilitate the office's
9 evaluation of the effectiveness of the pilot program in
10 changing body mass index, increasing knowledge, and improving
11 attitudes and behaviors related to nutrition and physical
12 activity. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
13 Accountability must supply a form on which participating
14 school districts can record the information and identify the
15 information that must be collected for the evaluation. The
16 school district must collect baseline and school-year-end
17 information concerning the participating students.
18 (4) In addition to working with the Department of
19 Education and local school districts, the Department of
20 Health, working together with the program provider, shall seek
21 partnerships with local businesses, industries, corporations,
22 philanthropies, and other organizations, including state and
23 federal grant opportunities that may assist in providing
24 funding or resources to schools.
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30 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 insert:
2 requiring the Department of Health, in
3 partnership with the Department of Education,
4 to award grants to local school districts to
5 implement a pilot program for certain students;
6 providing criteria for the pilot program;
7 requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis
8 and Government Accountability to conduct a
9 performance evaluation to determine the
10 effectiveness of the program; requiring the
11 Office of Program Policy Analysis and
12 Government Accountability to submit reports to
13 the Legislature; requiring school districts to
14 agree to collect certain information in order
15 to be eligible for the grant; requiring the
16 Department of Health to seek partnerships with
17 local businesses and organizations that may
18 assist in providing funding to schools;
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