Healthy Students Act of 2007

A bill to encourage the health of children in schools by promoting better nutrition and increased physical activity, and for other purposes.

1/4/2007--Introduced.
Healthy Students Act of 2007 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a Commission to Improve School Meals composed of nutrition and children's health experts tasked with developing new nutritional standards for the School Lunch, Summer Food Service, Child and Adult Care Food, and School Breakfast programs. Requires such standards to ban foods of minimal nutritional value. Provides for the adjustment of program payment rates to compensate for compliance with such standards. Repeals the current requirement that the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) issue guidance to states and school food authorities to increase the consumption of foods and food ingredients recommended in the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Requires the Secretary to establish a pilot program providing grants to school districts or nonprofit organizations for use in promoting healthy food alternatives under the School Lunch and School Breakfast programs. Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to elementary and secondary schools for Healthy Hour pilot programs which increase each school day by an hour that is exclusively devoted to physical activity. Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses who agree to employment as full-time nurses in elementary or secondary schools for three complete school years. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow corporations a tax deduction for the charitable contribution to a private foundation of exercise or gymnasium equipment for use by elementary and secondary school students.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]

Committees

• Senate Finance

Amendments

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January 04, 2007

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• Jan 04, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
• Jan 04, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S109-110)
• Introduced on Jan 04, 2007.
• Jan 04, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S109-110)

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• Children
• Administrative procedure
• Agriculture
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• Charitable contributions
• Child health
• Child nutrition
• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Curricula
• Department of Agriculture
• Diet
• Education
• Elementary and secondary education
• Equipment and supplies
• Executive departments
• Federal advisory bodies
• Federal aid to education
• Food
• Foundations
• Governmental investigations
• Health education
• Higher education
• Income tax
• Law
• Medical care
• Nurses
• Organic farming
• Physical education and training
• Physical fitness
• Scholarships
• School health programs
• School lunch program
• School personnel
• Social services
• Sports
• Sports facilities
• Standards
• Student loan funds
• Tax deductions
• Taxation
• Teacher education
• Welfare

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March 09, 2007 COUNTY WIDE

The American Fork Public Library, 64 S. 100 East, is conducting a sale of donated books. Those books had been placed in the room on the library's south side ...

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March 07, 2007 Things to do this week and beyond

GOLDEN YEARS SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER Be sure you've made a reservation for the St. Patrick's Day dinner, movie and dance is today at the center, 726 S. 100 ...

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March 01, 2007 Things to do this week and beyond

SENIOR CENTER LUNCHES Lunch is offered daily at 11:30 am at the Golden Years Senior Activity Center, 726 S. 100 East, Bountiful, for a suggested donation of ...

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