CHEW Act

Summary: Children Eating Well Act or the CHEW Act - Requires each local educational agency (LEA) participating in the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) develop and implement healthy eating and nutrition education programs in its schools, and (2) periodically monitor schools' efforts to improve students' healthy eating and nutritive knowledge. Requires LEAs to consult multiple viewpoints in developing and implementing the healthy eating and nutrition education programs. Includes professional development for teachers, school staff, and food service workers as part of those programs. Directs the Secretary of Education, Secretary of Agriculture, and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish an inter-agency task force to review nutrition education curricula and recommend effective nutrition education programs for elementary and secondary schools.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children Eating Well Act'' or the 
``CHEW Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) ESEA terms.--The terms ``elementary school'', ``local 
        educational agency'', ``secondary school'', and ``State 
        educational agency'' have the meanings given the terms in 
        section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (2) Programs to promote healthy eating and nutrition 
        education.--The term ``programs to promote healthy eating and 
        nutrition education''--
                    (A) means programs that--
                            (i) increase a student's ability to 
                        recognize, choose, and consume healthy foods;
                            (ii) comprehensively reflect the number of 
                        influences on healthy eating that impact a 
                        student;
                            (iii) provide the education a student will 
                        need to make healthy eating decisions as an 
                        adult; and
                            (iv) use--
                                    (I) nutritional materials and 
                                methods that are scientifically sound 
                                and developmentally appropriate; and
                                    (II) nutritional materials that are 
                                supported by the most recent Dietary 
                                Guidelines for Americans published 
                                under section 301 of the National 
                                Nutrition Monitoring and Related 
                                Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341); 
                                and
                    (B) includes professional development programs for 
                teachers, school staff, and food service workers to 
                allow them to teach healthy eating and nutrition 
                effectively and to promote a healthy school culture.

SEC. 3. PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING AND NUTRITION EDUCATION.

    (a) Local Educational Agency Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Each local educational agency that 
        receives assistance under part A of title I of the Elementary 
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) 
        shall, as a condition of receiving such assistance--
                    (A) develop and implement programs to promote 
                healthy eating and nutrition education for all schools 
                served by the local educational agency, which may 
                include--
                            (i) integrating programs to promote healthy 
                        eating and nutrition education into various 
                        times of the school day and locations within 
                        schools;
                            (ii) the use and distribution of 
                        educational materials, lessons, programs, and 
                        other activities that emphasize--
                                    (I) knowledge and appreciation of a 
                                variety of healthy foods, particularly 
                                fresh fruits and vegetables;
                                    (II) a balanced approach to a 
                                healthy diet and lifestyle;
                                    (III) the integration of healthy 
                                eating with physical activity to 
                                maximize health; and
                            (iii) a variety of healthy eating and 
                        wellness activities that improve student 
                        knowledge and skills related to healthy eating 
                        and nutrition and do not emphasize child weight 
                        or weight loss; and
                    (B) periodically monitor schools' efforts in 
                improving nutrition understanding and healthy eating 
                among students.
            (2) Development.--A local educational agency subject to 
        paragraph (1) shall consult multiple viewpoints in developing 
        and implementing programs to promote healthy eating and 
        nutrition education, which may include--
                    (A) consulting with families, students, school 
                officials, and other interested community members in 
                order to develop programs to promote healthy eating and 
                nutrition education;
                    (B) working with organizations with nutrition 
                education expertise, such as institutions of higher 
                education, hospitals, cooperative extension offices, 
                State and local health departments, the Society for 
                Nutrition Education and Behavior, community 
                organizations, farm groups, and others, for guidance in 
                developing the programs to promote healthy eating and 
                nutrition education and for assistance in implementing 
                and evaluating such programs;
                    (C) working with applicable government authorities, 
                including Team Nutrition of the Food and Nutrition 
                Service of the Department of Agriculture and State 
                agencies delivering services under the nutrition 
                education and obesity prevention grant program 
                established under section 28 of the Food and Nutrition 
                Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a), for technical assistance 
                in designing programs to promote healthy eating and 
                nutrition education for the schools;
                    (D) working with district and school wellness 
                councils or other school health advisory groups in 
                developing, implementing, and evaluating programs to 
                promote healthy eating and nutrition education;
                    (E) integrating programs to promote healthy eating 
                and nutrition education with the local school wellness 
                policy required under section 9A of the Richard B. 
                Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758b); 
                and
                    (F) providing professional development that 
                includes nutrition education to staff members of the 
                local educational agency.
    (b) State Requirements.--Each State educational agency receiving 
assistance under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) shall submit to the 
Secretary of Education a periodic report regarding programs to promote 
healthy eating and nutrition education in the State that includes a 
summary of the nutrition education monitoring data collected from each 
local educational agency under subsection (a)(1)(B).
    (c) Task Force.--The Secretary of Education, Secretary of 
Agriculture, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
establish an inter-agency task force to review nutrition education 
curricula and recommend effective nutrition education programs for 
elementary schools and secondary schools.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2019.