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Relating to the therapeutic classroom incentive program by authorizing the expenditure of moneys for certain nutritional items
Sponsored by Rep. Jeff Shipley (R)
Topics:K–12 educationHealth care
Same legislation: HF 522
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 18, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 522
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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What’s in it
AI summary School districts participating in the therapeutic classroom incentive program would be allowed to use grant money to buy certain nutritional items for students. These classrooms support students who struggle with emotional or behavioral needs, and the program would now include providing healthy foods, vitamins, and better lighting. The goal is to use scientifically supported methods to help improve student health within these specialized classrooms.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the therapeutic classroom incentive program by authorizing the expenditure of moneys for certain nutritional items. The therapeutic classroom incentive program, administered by the department of education, provides competitive grants to school districts to establish classrooms that are designed for the purpose of providing support for any student whose emotional, social, or behavioral needs interfere with the student’s ability to be successful in the current educational environment, with or without supports, until the student is able to successfully return to the student’s current education environment, with or without supports, including the general education classroom. The bill provides that the support provided by a therapeutic classroom is required to include supporting student access to micronutrients and vitamins, assessing the macro-nutritional needs of students, providing minimally processed whole foods, restricting the use and availability of certain artificial or synthetic food additives, remediating the negative impacts of excessive use of digital screens, increasing student exposure to natural light or the light emitted by full spectrum lighting fixtures, and carrying out any other scientifically supported initiative that a school district reasonably believes will improve student health.
House subcommittee
Named January 30, 2025. On February 17, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.
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