Bill Text: CA AB627 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Child care: nutritional requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-01-14 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB627 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB627-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 627	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 24, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Blumenfield, Hall, and Portantino)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to add and repeal Section 49546.5 of the Education Code,
relating to child nutrition.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 627, Brownley. Child care: nutritional requirements.
   Under existing law, the State Department of Education administers
the child care food program pursuant to federal law, under which food
is provided to child development programs and alternative child care
programs, as defined.
   This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to establish a pilot program at least 12 months in duration in which
licensed child care centers and child day care homes selected by the
department that participate in the federal Child and Adult Care Food
Program shall implement certain nutrition and physical activity
standards in exchange for a higher state meal reimbursement. This
bill would require the State Department of Education to design and
implement the pilot program, as specified. The bill would specify
that its provisions shall only be implemented if the Superintendent
determines that non-General Fund funding sources are available for
that purpose, as specified.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Almost 20 percent of children between two years of age and
five years of age in California are overweight or obese, and research
shows that the condition is difficult to reverse at adolescence or
in adulthood.
   (b) Research demonstrates that taste preferences and lifelong
healthy habits are formed in early childhood years.
   (c) Recent changes to school meals to improve nutrition need to be
complemented with changes to the nutrition environment in child
care.
   (d) Recent research demonstrates that the nutrition environment in
child care could be improved by encouraging lowfat dairy products,
fresh fruits and vegetables, and whole grain products.
   (e) The State of California has a strong policy and financial
involvement in the licensed child care system and in the health and
safety of children while they are engaged in that system.
  SEC. 2.  Section 49546.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   49546.5.  (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
establish a pilot program at least 12 months in duration in which
licensed child care centers and child day care homes selected by the
department that participate in the federal Child and Adult Care Food
Program (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1766), shall implement certain nutrition and
physical activity standards in exchange for a higher state meal
reimbursement.
   (b) The department shall design and implement the pilot program
established pursuant to this section. The department may convene a
stakeholder group to provide advice on the design, implementation,
and evaluation of the pilot program.
   (c) The department shall contract with an independent agency to
evaluate the implementation and outcomes of the pilot program. The
evaluation shall be completed within one year of the conclusion of
the pilot program and shall be sent to the Senate and Assembly
Committees on Education. The evaluation shall include, at a minimum,
all of the following:
   (1) The health, nutrition, and other related outcomes of the pilot
program on children served in the participating child care centers
and child day care homes, the child care providers, and the parents.
   (2) The resulting changes in food and beverages provided, and
physical activity occurring, at the participating child care centers
and child day care homes.
   (3) The fiscal impact of the policies and standards developed at
participating child care centers and child day care homes.
   (4) Recommendations for improvements or additions to the pilot
program.
   (d) This section shall only be implemented if the Superintendent
determines that non-General Fund funding sources, including, but not
limited to, federal funding or grant sources, are available to
implement this section. If the Superintendent makes a determination
that non-General Fund funding sources are available, he or she shall
post a declaration to that effect on the department's Internet Web
site.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends
that date.