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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 632 FILED ON: 1/14/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 543 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Tram T. Nguyen, (BY REQUEST) |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to health programs in schools. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Maya Schildkraut1/14/2023Ivy Michaud1/14/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 632 FILED ON: 1/14/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 543 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Nguyen of Andover (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 543) of Maya Schildkraut and Ivy Michaud relative to health programs in schools. Education. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to health programs in schools. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. The General Court hereby finds and declares that: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2 (1) aspects of the current health curriculum taught in the commonwealth negatively |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3impact students and their mental and physical health, particularly with regard to information |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4relative to nutrition and eating disorders; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5 (2) health curriculum that requires students to analyze and track their food consumption |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6may negatively affect students’ mental, physical and emotional health and foster disordered |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7eating habits; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 (3) the Massachusetts comprehensive health framework was last revised in 1999 and a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9revised framework is critical to the health and nutritional education of students in the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10commonwealth. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11 SECTION 2. (a) The department of elementary and secondary education shall review and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12revise the 1999 Massachusetts comprehensive health framework with particular focus on: (i) 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13revising the nutritional education curriculum to foster healthful eating and physical activity |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14through enhancing student agency and competence; (ii) increase student understanding about |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15biology, personal behavior and access to nutritional foods, including navigating modern food |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16systems, understanding food nutrition labels and addressing sedentary behavior; and (iii) |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17recognition of disordered eating and how to recognize and address the development of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18disordered eating habits. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19 (b) Not later than June 30, 2024, the department of elementary and secondary education |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20shall file a report with the joint committee on education detailing the proposed revisions to the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 211999 Massachusetts comprehensive health framework. |
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