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Examples: Local Wellness Policy
Many school districts, State agencies, and other non-governmental school-health related organizations have taken steps to establish nutrition and physical activity policies, as well as providing model policy language and guidelines for developing wellness policies. These examples are being provided as references. USDA is not promoting one over another. If your State agency or school district has wellness, nutrition, or physical activity related policies that you would like to share, email us at teamnutrition@fns.usda.gov providing a brief synopsis, contact information, and a specific web address where the policy language can be found.
Sample Guidelines and Policy Language
Information provided in this section provides districts an opportunity to see what a local wellness policy might look like. A comprehensive local wellness policy should address all components required by Law (Section 204 of the P.L. 108-265), i.e., address goals for nutrition education, physical activity, nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold on school campus during the school day, other school-based activities that promote student wellness, and establish a plan for measuring implementation.
- USDA
The USDA's Local Wellness Policy website provides sample policy language for each of the policy components, including:
- State agencies
Several State agencies have developed guidelines for developing local wellness policies. These guidelines address multiple components of the Local Wellness Policy.
Existing Policies
Many school districts and state legislatures have enacted policies on various nutrition and physical activity related topics, especially policies on setting nutrition standards for foods and beverages available on school campus during the school day. You can search these policies through the following websites.
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