Overview of School Wellness Policies

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Overview ofSchool Wellness Policies

• Child Nutrition Wellness
• Kansas Department of Education
• October 24, 2006

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Programs Administered

• National School Lunch Program
• School Breakfast Program
• Special Milk Program
• After School Care Snack Program
• Child and Adult Care Food Program
• Summer Food Service Program
• Team Nutrition
• Coordinated School Health Program (partnership
  with Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment)

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School Wellness Policy Overview

• Federal and state laws
• Training and technical assistance
• Current and on-going activities
• Data collection and analysis
• Challenges and opportunities

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Federal State Laws
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Federal Law

• Required by Public Law 108-265 which reauthorized
  Child Nutrition Programs
• Must be implemented by July 2006.
• Minimum requirements include.

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Federal Law

• Nutrition guidelines for all foods available on
  the school campus during the school day
• Assurance that school meals meet USDA
  requirements
• Goals for nutrition education, physical activity
  and other school-based activities designed to
  promote student wellness

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Federal Law

• A plan for measuring implementation of policy
• Involvement of parents, students, school
  nutrition personnel, school board, school
  administrators and the public in developing the
  local wellness policy

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State Law

• Senate Bill 154 directs the Kansas State
  Board of Education to develop nutrition
  guidelines for all foods and beverages made
  available to students in Kansas public schools
  during the school day and .

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State Law

• In developing such guidelines, particular
  attention shall be given to providing healthful
  foods and beverages, physical activities and
  wellness education with the goals of preventing
  and reducing childhood obesity.

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State Law

• When establishing the wellness policy of
  the school district, the board of education of
  each district shall take into consideration the
  guidelines developed by the state board

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State Law

• When establishing the wellness policy of
  the school district, the board of education of
  each district shall take into consideration the
  guidelines developed by the state board

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Kansas Model Policy includes

• 3 parts
• Nutrition
• Nutrition Education
• Physical Activity
• 3 levels within each part
• Basic
• Advanced
• Exemplary

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Kansas Model Policy

• Included input from national and Kansas experts
• Considered feedback from groups impacted
• Provided for consensus, flexibility and local
  control

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Training Technical Assistance
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School Year 2005-2006

• Held 12 Working On Wellness Workshops
• Co-sponsored by KSDE and KDHE
• Funded by Kansas Health Foundation
• More than 1,100 attended.
• School personnel learned about
• The childhood obesity crisis
• The role of schools
• Requirements for a wellness policy
• How to develop a wellness policy
• Resources available to help

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School Year 2005-2006

• Development of the paper version and online
  Wellness Policy Builders
• Development of prototype local wellness policy
  320 of 423 adopted the KSDE prototype. The
  remainder developed their own policy, but most
  used some or all of the Kansas model guidelines.
• Requirements for federal and state laws
  incorporated into School Nutrition Program
  Agreement for 2006-2007

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School Year 2006-2007

• Development of new website linking guidelines and
  resources such as
• Nutrition Calculators
• Kansas model menus and recipes
• Teaching resources
• Training opportunities
• Success stories

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School Year 2006-2007

• Ongoing technical assistance from
• School Nutrition
• Team Nutrition
• Coordinated School Health
• Statewide partners
• Conferences and training programs
• Development of recognition program for school
  districts that achieve the Exemplary level of the
  Kansas guidelines.

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Data Collection Analysis
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Wellness Policy BuilderData on Nutrition

• General Atmosphere
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• A la Carte
• Vending
• During the School Day
• After School Program

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Wellness Policy BuilderData on Nutrition
Education

• Classroom
• Cafeteria
• Events During the School Day
• After School Programs
• Family Community
• Staff Wellness

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Wellness Policy BuilderData on Physical Activity

• Physical Education Classes
• Throughout the Day
• Punishment
• Recess
• Before and After School
• Family and Community

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Senate Resolution 1604

• Requests KSDE to cooperate with others to study
  our states public schools
• Food programs and other food items available
• Available classes on health
• Physical activities

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Senate Resolution 1604

• KSDE is asked to report on its findings and
  recommendations for improving diets and physical
  well-being of our students to create healthy
  eating behaviors and appropriate exercise habits.

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Senate Resolution 1604

• Sunflower Foundation contracted with the Kansas
  Health Institute to assist KSDE in conducting a
  statewide survey to assess the status of schools
• Food programs and other food items available
• Available classes on health
• Physical activities

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Kansas Surveys on Nutrition Physical Activity

• Three surveys were conducted in January
  February 2006
• District food service directors and
  administrators
• School building food service managers
• Professional members of the Kansas Association of
  Health, PE, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD)

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Other Important Surveys

• School Health Profiles
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey
• Youth Tobacco Survey
• Communities That Care

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Challenges Opportunities
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Challenges

• Better data is needed about childhood obesity in
  Kansas in order to establish benchmarks and
  measure progress.
• On-going social marketing is needed to help
  school personnel, parents and community members
  understand the obesity crisis and take action to
  do something about it.
• Schools need help to squeeze another priority
  onto their already full plates.

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Opportunities

• Continue to leverage resources by developing
  partnerships and systems
• Use technology to link schools with resources
• Highlight successes to lead others to make needed
  changes
• Improve our childrens health so that they will
  have the opportunity to be healthy, successful
  adults

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For more information

• Contact Jodi Mackey at 785-296-2276 or
  jmackey_at_ksde.org.
• Visit www.kn-eat.org, Whats New