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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5472
Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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105 ILCS 125/3.5 new |
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30 ILCS 805/8.34 new |
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Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Requires a school board (including the board of a private school) that (1) completes a nutritional analysis of traditional or enhanced food-based menu plans as part of the State review process, (2) provides its meals under a nutrient-based menu plan, or (3) uses software that calculates the nutritional content of foods or menus to publish the school lunch menu and the nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item. Provides that all other school boards are strongly encouraged to publish the school lunch menu and the nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item. Provides that a school board may determine the frequency and manner of publication. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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HB5472 |
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LRB096 18053 NHT 33427 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 125/3.5 new) |
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| Sec. 3.5. Publication of lunch menu. |
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| (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: |
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| (1) Different studies found that African-Americans are |
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| from 1.4 to 2.2 times more likely to have diabetes than |
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| caucasians. |
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| (2) Hispanic-Americans have a higher prevalence of |
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| diabetes than non-Hispanic persons, with the highest rates |
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| for type 2 diabetes among Puerto Ricans and Hispanic people |
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| living in the Southwest and the lowest rate among Cubans. |
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| (3) The prevalence of diabetes among American-Indians |
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| is 2.8 times the overall rate. |
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| (4) Major groups within the Asian and Pacific Islander |
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| communities, including Japanese-Americans, |
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| Chinese-Americans, Filipino-Americans, and |
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| Korean-Americans all had a higher prevalence of diabetes |
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| than those of caucasians. |
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| (b) A school board that does any one of the following must |