In order to advocate for
wellness policies in your school, you need to possess a toolkit of resources that will help you win support for the programs you wish to implement.
Our local education agency is under the impression that charter schools aren't subject to the same laws
for wellness policies.
It's true that the new proposed rule would attempt to
strengthen wellness policy enforcement by requiring districts to designate an official to ensure local school compliance.
You may download the complete guide, or scroll down to the «Policy» piece for information on
wellness policy development and implementation.
In addition to the elements established in 2004, the 2010 provision added the requirement that local
wellness policies include goals for nutrition promotion.
Here are some resources that include sample language to support local purchasing and other farm to school activities with a
comprehensive wellness policy.
All districts had to do was include the change in their board -
approved wellness policy, leaving the rules in place as a baseline for the rest of the state.
Include these stakeholders in the implementation of the
local wellness policy with periodic review and updates.
The school nutrition program is guided by a
district wellness policy developed and implemented through a collaborative community process.
The local agencies are required to develop and
implement wellness policies that address nutrition and physical activity by the start of the 2006 - 07 school years.
I disagree and think responsible parents need to speak up for
stronger wellness policies that make a healthier school food environment for all children.
Summary: The CDC has provided a number of resources about Local School Wellness Policies including sample policies and several PowerPoint presentations to help schools
create wellness policies based on accepted models and the district's own needs.
The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 required that all schools and districts participating in federally reimbursable meals programs create and
adopt wellness policies by the 2006 - 07 school year.
In the 2010 Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, Congress created requirements to strengthen
wellness policies by emphasizing ongoing implementation and assessment.
Phil Haberstro of the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, a key volunteer leader of the policy writing team, noted that the work of policy implementation is the next phase of work that is currently being accomplished through the newly formed District Health Council, the Board and the community at large - The public may view the District
wellness policy on the Board of Education Web Site or by contacting Sue Ventresca, the Buffalo School District's Director of Health Related Services.
Using data from the 2012 - 13 school year, researchers with Bridging the Gap's National Wellness Policy Study collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to update a series of briefs and an accompanying PowerPoint presentation highlighting opportunities to
support wellness policies through evidence - based strategies.
The Public Health Advocacy Institute («PHAI») has urged the USDA to put a provision in the agency's proposed
wellness policy rules that would prohibit companies from using brand names, logos, characters, etc. on school product packaging if those same marketing elements are also used on products which don't meet the Smart Snacks nutritional requirements.
FRAC issues School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low - Income Students to focus benefits of the new federal
wellness policy mandate on those most in need.
The federal mandate for schools to adopt
written wellness policies has prompted many to look not only at what is served in their cafeterias but at snacks and drinks in vending machines, concession items, and more.