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2007 SESSION

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SB 744 Childhood obesity; Board of Education to establish standards to prevent and reduce thereof.

Introduced by: Yvonne B. Miller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Childhood obesity.  Requires the Board of Education, in cooperation with the State Health Department, to promulgate regulations establishing standards to facilitate the prevention and reduction of childhood obesity in the public schools.  The bill also requires school boards to include nutrition and physical education in its professional development programs and requires that a body mass index (BMI) measurement be taken for every student entering a public kindergarten or elementary school for the first time.  The bill also allows school boards to continue to annually monitor student BMIs, with regulations developed by the Board of Education.  This bill was incorporated into SB 974.

FULL TEXT

• 11/15/06  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072102768  pdf

HISTORY

• 11/15/06  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072102768
• 11/15/06  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/12/07  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
• 01/25/07  Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB974-Edwards) (14-Y 0-N)