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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3342 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish 

a demonstration project to promote collaborations to improve school nutrition. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2010 

Mr. DURBIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

Act to establish a demonstration project to promote collaborations to improve school nutrition. 

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 ‘‘Healthy Schools Part5 nerships Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HEALTHY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIPS DEMONSTRA7 TION PROGRAM. 

8 Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School 

9 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(j) HEALTHY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIPS DEM2 ONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 

3 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In 

4 this section, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a school 

5 food authority that demonstrates that the school 

6 food authority has collaborated, or will collaborate, 

7 with 1 or more local partner organizations (including 

8 academic experts, registered dietitians or other nu9 trition professionals, community partners, or non10 profit organizations) to achieve the purposes de11 scribed in paragraph (2). 

12 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the dem13 onstration project established under this subsection 

14 are— 

15 ‘‘(A) to assist schools in improving the nu16 tritional standards of school meals and the 

17 overall school environment; and 

18 ‘‘(B) to use local resources and expertise to 

19 promote collaborations and develop sustainable 

20 and replicable models for making systemic 

21 changes that promote good nutrition and 

22 healthy living among students. 

23 ‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es24 tablish a demonstration project under which the Sec25 retary shall make grants to eligible entities to fund 


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1 collaborations of academic experts, nonprofit organi2 zations, registered dietitians or other nutrition pro3 fessionals, community partners, and local schools to 

4 test and evaluate innovative models to improve nu5 trition education, student decisionmaking, and 

6 healthy school environments. 

7 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall 

9 submit to the Secretary an application at such 

10 time, in such manner, and containing such in11 formation as the Secretary may require. 

12 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—In addition to any other 

13 requirements of the Secretary, each application 

14 shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) identify the 1 or more problems 

16 that the eligible entity will address; 

17 ‘‘(ii) identify the activity that the 

18 grant will be used to fund; 

19 ‘‘(iii) describe the means by which the 

20 activity will improve the health and nutri21 tion of the school environment; 

22 ‘‘(iv) list the partner organizations 

23 that will participate in the activity funded 

24 by the grant; and 


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1 ‘‘(v) describe the metrics used to 

2 measure success in achieving the stated 

3 goals. 

4 ‘‘(5) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this 

5 subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to eligi6 ble entities that demonstrate— 

7 ‘‘(A) a severe need to improve the school 

8 environment, as demonstrated by high numbers 

9 of students receiving free or reduced price 

10 lunches, high levels of obesity or other indica11 tors of poor health status, and health dispari12 ties in the community served by the school; 

13 ‘‘(B) a commitment by community part14 ners to make in-kind or cash contributions; and 

15 ‘‘(C) the ability to measure results. 

16 ‘‘(6) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall 

17 use a grant received under this subsection— 

18 ‘‘(A) to assess the problem of childhood 

19 obesity and poor nutrition in the school environ20 ment; 

21 ‘‘(B) to develop an innovative plan or 

22 intervention to address specific causes of the 

23 problem in coordination with outside partners, 

24 including by developing and testing innovative 


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1 models to improve student health and nutrition 

2 as measured by— 

3 ‘‘(i) changes that result in healthier 

4 school environments, including more nutri5 tious food being served in cafeterias and 

6 available a la carte; 

7 ‘‘(ii) increased nutrition education; 

8 ‘‘(iii) improved ability of students to 

9 identify healthier choices; 

10 ‘‘(iv) changes in attitudes of students 

11 towards healthier food; 

12 ‘‘(v) student involvement in making 

13 school environments healthier; 

14 ‘‘(vi) increased access to physical ac15 tivity, physical education, and recess; 

16 ‘‘(vii) professional development and 

17 continuing education opportunities for 

18 school administrators, teachers, and school 

19 nurses; and 

20 ‘‘(viii) changes in school policies that 

21 promote access to healthier food and phys22 ical activity; 

23 ‘‘(C) to implement the plan or intervention 

24 in partnership with outside partners; 


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1 ‘‘(D) to measure and evaluate effectiveness 

2 of the intervention; or 

3 ‘‘(E) to assess the sustainability and 

4 replicability of this model. 

5 ‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

7 this subsection $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

8 2011 through 2015.’’. 

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