1. School Wellness Policy Update

2. School Wellness Policies
On June 30, 2004, the President signed the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of Section 204 of this law required school districts participating in the national school meals program to establish a local school wellness policy by school year 2006.
This was reinforced and expanded in the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010.
In June of 2004, President Bush signed the Child Nutrition & WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004.
Section 204 of this law stated ALL schools participating in the National School Meals Program MUST have a wellness policy in place by SY 2006.
This law was reinforced and expanded upon in the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010.
THEN, earlier this year, a new proposed policy was released. This proposed rule would require all local educational agencies participating in the National School Lunch Program and/or the School Breakfast Program to meet expanded
local school wellness policy requirements consistent with the new requirements set forth in section 204 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of Please keep in mind this is a PROPOSED policy and is not yet required. The new section is still open for comments and a finalized policy will be released later this year or early 2015.
USDA saw a need for action. This new section requires local educational agencies (LEAs)/schools to establish more comprehensive local wellness policies. The proposed rule adds to the scope of existing wellness policies and provides guidelines for local educational agencies and the Department regarding their roles in these policies, as required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of The proposed rule strengthens the requirements for the local wellness policies and puts more emphasis on policy implementation.

3. School Wellness Policies
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) now requires that the local school wellness policy, at a minimum, include the following requirements…

4. Wellness Policy Requirements
Wellness Committee consisting of…
Parents
Students
School Food Authority Representatives
PE Teachers
School Health Professionals
School Board
School Administrators
General Public

5. HCS SHAC Committee
Administrators – Alison Francis, Aleasa Glance, Alex Mascriarelli, & Mark Shepard.
Student – Shelby Glance, THS
School Nurses
School Board – Chuck Francis
Social Workers
Community Partners - Healthy Haywood, Parks & Rec, Smokey Mountain Center, Mountain Wise, Meridian, Cooperative Extension, Health Department & HC Sheriff’s Dept.

6. Wellness Policy Requirements
Content for…
Nutrition Promotion
Nutrition Education
Physical Activity
Other School-Based Activities that promote student wellness

7. Wellness Policy Requirements
Monitor, Assess, & Evaluate
Have a plan for measuring effectiveness, that is measured periodically
- using an evaluation tool
Give an annual progress report to the Board

8. Wellness Policy Requirements
Public Updates
Inform & update …
Parents
students
Staff
community
about the content and implementation

9. Wellness Policy Assessment Survey

19. Do you feel like there should be more professional development provided on Mental Health Topics? If so, what would be some topics you would like to see?

20. What did we learn from the assessment?
We need to do a better job of making sure that faculty and parents are aware of the wellness policy and its contents.
We are meeting the requirements for Nutrition Standards and Physical Education.
Principals would like to have more resources and training on Mental Health.