Thriving Community Gardens Act

Bill: 118-hr-7796
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2024-03-22
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2024-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-03-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Thriving Community Gardens Act</strong></p><p>This bill allows local educational agencies to use Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for the development and maintenance of school or community gardens. Additionally, the bill directs the Department of Education to regularly collect information and publish best practices for the development and maintenance of community gardens.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7796 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 22, 2024 Ms. Brown (for herself, Ms. Plaskett , Mr. Carey , and Mr. Jackson of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the use of Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants for the development and maintenance of school and community gardens, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Thriving Community Gardens Act . 2. Activities to support safe and healthy students Clause (ii) of section 4108(5)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7118(5)(C) ) is amended to read as follows: (ii) support a healthy, active lifestyle, including— (I) nutritional education and regular, structured physical education activities and programs, that may address chronic disease management with instruction led by school nurses, nurse practitioners, or other appropriate specialists or professionals to help maintain the well-being of students; and (II) the development and maintenance of school or community gardens; . 3. Information collection and best practices (a) Information collection The Secretary of Education shall regularly collect information from local educational agencies that use funds provided under section 4108 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7118 ) to develop and maintain community gardens (as authorized under paragraph (5)(C)(ii)(II) of such section). (b) Identification of best practices Based on the information collected from local educational agencies under subsection (a), the Secretary of Education shall identify best practices for the development and maintenance of community gardens as described in such subsection. (c) Publication and updates The Secretary of Education shall— (1) publish the best practices identified under subsection (b) on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Education; and (2) regularly update the best practices based on information received from local educational agencies under subsection (a).