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| 4. Advertising on school grounds.__After September 30, 2007, a | | school board subject to this section shall prohibit advertising on | | school grounds of foods and beverages other than healthy foods and | | beverages, as defined by the Department of Health and Human | | Services, Bureau of Health by rule. |
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| | | §6662.__Body mass index assessment |
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| | | 1. Assessment program; rules. An assessment program for body | | mass index must be instituted in the public schools according to | | the following provisions. |
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| | | A. A school board shall require that the height and weight | | of students in kindergarten and grades 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 in | | the public schools be measured and assessed.__The | | measurements must be obtained privately and confidentially | | by trained school nurses or physical education teachers.__ | | The height and weight data for students in the school | | administrative unit must be submitted electronically to the | | department, disaggregated by age, gender and school. |
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| | | B.__The department shall consult with a Department of Health | | and Human Services, Bureau of Health statistician or | | epidemiologist to analyze the data obtained under paragraph | | A.__The data analysis must include assessment of the data | | for body mass index percentile and must also aggregate the | | data by grade level, school administrative unit and the | | State as a whole.__The department shall report the | | assessment data, by grade level aggregates, to school | | administrative units annually and to the Legislature every 3 | | years. |
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| | | 2. Report to parents.__A school shall provide the parent of a | | student who participates in an assessment under subsection 1 a | | confidential report on that student's weight, height and body | | mass index.__The report must also include:__an explanation that | | body mass index is only a screening tool, not an evaluative tool | | for diagnosing a person as overweight; the suggestion that the | | parent seek a primary care provider's evaluation; and the | | implications of the report for nutrition and physical activity, | | together with references to local community health programs for | | nutrition and physical activity resources. |
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| | | 3.__Funding.__The State shall provide funding for the | | assessment program under this section to the extent that federal | | funds do not cover the costs of the program.__This funding must | | include support to schools for measurement training for school | | nurses and physical education teachers and for measurement | | equipment such as scales and stadiometers and to the department |
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