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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dieticians in Schools 
Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PROVIDE FOR REGISTERED DIETICIANS 
IN SCHOOLS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Education 
may make grants on a competitive basis to local edu-
cational agencies to allow such agencies to provide for the 
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services of registered dieticians in schools served by such 
agencies. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may only make a 
grant under subsection (a) to a local educational agency 
that submits an application at such time, in such form, 
and accompanied by such information and assurances as 
the Secretary may require. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency re-
ceiving a grant under subsection (a) shall use grant funds 
to provide, in each school served by such agency, for the 
services of a registered dietician who will carry out the 
following activities: 
(1) Teaching classes or conducting programs 
that teach students about nutrition and healthy eat-
ing habits. 
(2) Assisting in the planning of meals served in 
the cafeteria of the school to ensure that such meals 
are nutritious and consistent with healthy eating 
habits. Such planning shall take into consideration 
the needs of— 
(A) students of different ages, food pref-
erences, activity levels, and cultural back-
grounds; and 
(B) students with food allergies and other 
dietary restrictions. 
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(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES TO SEC-
RETARY.—Not later than 90 days after the end of 
each year in which a local educational agency re-
ceives a grant under subsection (a), such agency 
shall submit to the Secretary a report on the imple-
mentation of the grant. Such report shall include— 
(A) a summary of the activities conducted 
by registered dieticians using grant funds; 
(B) an assessment of the impact of such 
activities on— 
(i) the nutrition and eating habits of 
the students in schools served by the local 
educational agency; and 
(ii) rates of obesity and overweight 
among such students; and 
(C) an assessment of the future needs of 
such schools related to nutrition education and 
ensuring the availability of nutritious meals for 
students. 
(2) BY SECRETARY TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the end of each year in which 
the Secretary makes a grant under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Representa-
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tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the 
grant program conducted under this section, includ-
ing a summary of the reports received under para-
graph (1) from local educational agencies for such 
year. 
(e) APPLICATION TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.—A charter 
school shall be eligible to receive a grant under subsection 
(a), and this section shall apply to a charter school as if 
the charter school were a local educational agency serving 
only 1 school. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHARTER
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘charter 
school’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
5210(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i(1)). 
(2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 9101(26) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 7801(26)). 
(3) REGISTERED DIETICIAN.—The term ‘‘reg-
istered dietician’’ means an individual who is reg-
istered as a registered dietician by the Commission 
on Dietetic Registration. 
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