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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6324 

To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational 

agencies to provide for the services of registered dieticians in schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 

Mr. DAVIS of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants 

to local educational agencies to provide for the services 

of registered dieticians in schools. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dieticians in Schools 

5 Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PROVIDE FOR REGISTERED DIETICIANS 

7 IN SCHOOLS. 

8 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Education 

9 may make grants on a competitive basis to local edu10 cational agencies to allow such agencies to provide for the 


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1 services of registered dieticians in schools served by such 

2 agencies. 

3 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may only make a 

4 grant under subsection (a) to a local educational agency 

5 that submits an application at such time, in such form, 

6 and accompanied by such information and assurances as 

7 the Secretary may require. 

8 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency re9 ceiving a grant under subsection (a) shall use grant funds 

10 to provide, in each school served by such agency, for the 

11 services of a registered dietician who will carry out the 

12 following activities: 

13 (1) Teaching classes or conducting programs 

14 that teach students about nutrition and healthy eat15 ing habits. 

16 (2) Assisting in the planning of meals served in 

17 the cafeteria of the school to ensure that such meals 

18 are nutritious and consistent with healthy eating 

19 habits. Such planning shall take into consideration 

20 the needs of— 

21 (A) students of different ages, food pref22 erences, activity levels, and cultural back23 grounds; and 

24 (B) students with food allergies and other 

25 dietary restrictions. 


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1 (d) REPORTS.— 

2 (1) BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES TO SEC3 RETARY.—Not later than 90 days after the end of 

4 each year in which a local educational agency re5 ceives a grant under subsection (a), such agency 

6 shall submit to the Secretary a report on the imple7 mentation of the grant. Such report shall include— 

8 (A) a summary of the activities conducted 

9 by registered dieticians using grant funds; 

10 (B) an assessment of the impact of such 

11 activities on— 

12 (i) the nutrition and eating habits of 

13 the students in schools served by the local 

14 educational agency; and 

15 (ii) rates of obesity and overweight 

16 among such students; and 

17 (C) an assessment of the future needs of 

18 such schools related to nutrition education and 

19 ensuring the availability of nutritious meals for 

20 students. 

21 (2) BY SECRETARY TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

22 than 180 days after the end of each year in which 

23 the Secretary makes a grant under subsection (a), 

24 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

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1 tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 

2 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the 

3 grant program conducted under this section, includ4 ing a summary of the reports received under para5 graph (1) from local educational agencies for such 

6 year. 

7 (e) APPLICATION TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.—A charter 

8 school shall be eligible to receive a grant under subsection 

9 (a), and this section shall apply to a charter school as if 

10 the charter school were a local educational agency serving 

11 only 1 school. 

12 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) CHARTER SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘charter 

14 school’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

15 5210(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu16 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i(1)). 

17 (2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

18 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

19 such term in section 9101(26) of such Act (20 

20 U.S.C. 7801(26)). 

21 (3) REGISTERED DIETICIAN.—The term ‘‘reg22 istered dietician’’ means an individual who is reg23 istered as a registered dietician by the Commission 

24 on Dietetic Registration. 

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