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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1886 

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish a grant program 

to appoint nutrition coordinators to oversee local school nutrition policies 

in local educational agencies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2019 

Mr. RYAN (for himself and Mr. RASKIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish 

a grant program to appoint nutrition coordinators to 

oversee local school nutrition policies in local educational 

agencies, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Nutrition Coordinators 

5 for Local Healthy Youth Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR NUTRITION COORDINATORS. 

7 Section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

8 U.S.C. 1788) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection 

2 (m); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(l) GRANT PROGRAM FOR NUTRITION COORDINA6 TORS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.— 

8 The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 

9 Education, shall establish a program to make grants 

10 to local educational agencies to appoint nutrition co11 ordinators to carry out the activities described in 

12 paragraph (4). 

13 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be selected to receive a 

14 grant under paragraph (1), a local educational agen15 cy, in consultation with the State agency that ad16 ministers school lunch programs in the geographic 

17 area served by such local educational agency, shall 

18 submit an application at such time, in such manner, 

19 and containing such information as the Secretary 

20 may require. 

21 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational 

22 agency that receives a grant under this subsection 

23 shall use such funds to appoint a nutrition coordi24 nator to, with respect to the geographic area served 

25 by such agency— 


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1 ‘‘(A) ensure compliance with local school 

2 wellness policies under section 9A of the Rich3 ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 1758b); 

5 ‘‘(B) coordinate nutrition education pro6 grams with school food service directors for 

7 such local educational agency; 

8 ‘‘(C) conduct trainings and facilitate infor9 mation sharing of best practices that— 

10 ‘‘(i) encourage students to participate 

11 in healthy eating and active living; 

12 ‘‘(ii) are consistent with the Dietary 

13 Guidelines for Americans published under 

14 section 301 of the National Nutrition Mon15 itoring and Related Research Act of 1990 

16 (7 U.S.C. 5341); and 

17 ‘‘(iii) are consistent with the Physical 

18 Activity Guidelines for Americans pub19 lished by the Office of Disease Prevention 

20 and Health Promotion of the Department 

21 of Health and Human Services; 

22 ‘‘(D) work with programs that promote 

23 and motivate students to participate in school 

24 wellness activities; 


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1 ‘‘(E) coordinate and collaborate with other 

2 nutrition education programs, including— 

3 ‘‘(i) programs under the Supplemental 

4 Nutrition Assistance Program under the 

5 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

6 2011 et seq.); 

7 ‘‘(ii) cooperative extension services (as 

8 such term is defined in section 1404 of the 

9 Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 

10 U.S.C. 3103)); 

11 ‘‘(iii) nutrition education programs 

12 carried out by community-based organiza13 tions; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) other team network nutrition 

15 programs; 

16 ‘‘(F) provide community outreach to pro17 mote nutrient-rich foods and farm-to-school ac18 tivities; 

19 ‘‘(G) promote regular physical activity in 

20 students before, during, and after school; 

21 ‘‘(H) ensure students receive effective and 

22 consistent messages regarding healthy eating 

23 and active living; and 

24 ‘‘(I) to promote nutrition education and 

25 team network nutrition programs in the State 


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1 in which such local educational agency is lo2 cated, coordinate and collaborate with— 

3 ‘‘(i) the team nutrition network coor4 dinator for the State; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) community partners. 

6 ‘‘(4) NUTRITION COORDINATOR REQUIRE7 MENTS.—A nutrition coordinator may not be ap8 pointed under this subsection unless the Coordinator 

9 has a background in nutrition education, dietetics, 

10 or nutrition program management. 

11 ‘‘(5) NUTRITION COORDINATOR REPORTS.—Not 

12 later than 1 year after the date on which a nutrition 

13 coordinator is appointed under this subsection, the 

14 nutrition coordinator shall submit to the Secretary a 

15 report that includes— 

16 ‘‘(A) a plan to implement activities under 

17 this section; and 

18 ‘‘(B) a review of, and plan for, coordina19 tion and collaboration with nutrition education 

20 programs described in paragraph (4)(E). 

21 ‘‘(6) EVALUATION OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Not 

22 later than January 1, 2021, the Secretary shall sub23 mit a report to Congress that includes— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the results of an evaluation of the 

2 grant program established under this sub3 section; 

4 ‘‘(B) a review of the implementation of this 

5 subsection; 

6 ‘‘(C) an assessment of local educational 

7 agencies with respect to activities conducted to 

8 ensure students receive nutrition education con9 sistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Ameri10 cans published under section 301 of the Na11 tional Nutrition Monitoring and Related Re12 search Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341); 

13 ‘‘(D) best practices for encouraging stu14 dents to participate in healthy eating and active 

15 living; 

16 ‘‘(E) an assessment of local school wellness 

17 policies under section 9A of the Richard B. 

18 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 1758b); and 

20 ‘‘(F) an assessment of school personnel 

21 and their level of interaction and satisfaction 

22 with nutrition coordinators.’’. 

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