Modern Health Education Act (Final Vote)

[Boston Bread]

I think the slight ambiguity is acceptable since there ought to be flexibility in how the standards are interpreted.

[Boston Bread]

Section 5 should be amended to outright ban the sale of junk food on schools. There's no reason why our schools should preach healthy eating while offering them junk food. I would accept students bringing such food to school if school policy allows for it.

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[Boston Bread]

I say "limits" because I believe certain occasions justify the sale of "sometimes foods." What of bake sales or end-of-year parties?

Point taken. I table my previous amendment and reintroduce this one:

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My intention was more so to prevent unhealthy foods from being sold as school lunches than a complete ban. So this should avoid cases where non-school authorities distribute junk food as part of special events.

[Boston Bread]

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I didn't have lunch program in my school either. You could buy food but it was far cheaper and convenient to bring something from food. But most of the schools which this bill pertains to do have such programs, I believe.

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That's why I specified school lunch programs in my second amendment. Food offered at events that aren't meant to be meals won't be affected. And the original bill and my amendment specified that junk food is to be limited but not necessarily eliminated. Depending on the definition of junk food though, some popcorn and hot dogs may not even be classified as junk food.

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I wouldn't mind the inclusion of a definition of junk food. But I don't want too precise a definition that would leave local administrators with no leeway. I'd like Hagrid to tell us what he had in mind for the definition of junk food when he drafted the bill.

[Boston Bread]

Section 1b stipulates distribution of junk food on school property.  Most sporting events are on school property.

It says they should be "limits or eliminates" which is the original text. My amendment changes nothing in that regard. That said, "limit" is not defined here although if the school boards made the choice I'd imagine almost all would go with a fairly liberal interpretation of limit rather than prohibiting it altogether.

[Boston Bread]

The costs of preparing food onsite is too high, considering I don't approve of raising food prices in schools.

[Boston Bread]

An average nutrient density mean that foods under 30 would be acceptable so long as there were more foods over 30, right?