HB24

Bill #.................HB24

Sponsers..........ABrickman, New Hampshire, Republican-Democrat / CWard, Idaho, Republican / LHalden, Ohio, Democrat

Issue Categoy...Health & Education

Bill Title............You Don't Need Wealth to Have Good Health

Purpose............The You Don't Need Wealth to Have Good Health Act is to improve upon child obesity. Our goal within the next five years is to insure the health of all afolescents in America to be exceptional. Many schools around the United States do not have healthy lunches. Most lunches consist of a hamburger, french fries, and milk. Our goal as whole is make sure there lunches have a more nutritional value. We would hope that every student would also accept the fact that these will improve their health and enjoying eating it. (Rather then bringing junk food from home.) We would also like to see this bill succeed and pass into Congress because we would like to see should lunch periods be longer. Many schools around America don't have an adequate amount of time to eat lunch. In one of our article reports there was a school in Minnesota had but eleven minutes. Many of the reasons child obesity is increasing is because they eat very quickly. You must have a good amount of time to let your body know you are full and to digest your food. Standards at schools are not being followed at schools and need to start being abided by. We would like to see kids want to not only be healthy but also **WANT** to be healthy and lower the obesity in childern.

Eligibilty...........This bill would be perfect for both students in schools and the teachers. This bill would help many students eat a healthier lunch. This could carry over into a healthier diet and/or lifestyle. Teachers eat the same lunch as the students if they buy. So this in the long run will help them do what's right for thier bodies. If/when this bill should pass it will help all student around america along with teachers which is a large population or Americans.

Terms and Benefits... 1. We would first start planing for the new change (if our bill should pass) by finding the finest yet fairly cheap food that would be best for everyones health. (Planning) 2. Foods would be fresh and inexpensive. (Ordering) 3. In the first year we would do an experiment with one/two schools picked randomly to have the healthier lunches. 4. If the experiment does not go well at all the rest of the plan will be terminated. Yet, if this goes all as planned, we will extend the lunch period in the following school year. This will make kids have kids an adequate time to eat. Most don't give their students which is main contender of childhood obesity. 5. Extending the lunch shouldn't have problems; should it, we will stop this experiment. Excpecting it will go as wanted, more schools will be entered in our "experiment" the following school year. 6. As more and more schools want to have the healthier lunches, we will wide spread the healthier lunches and giving schools a longer lunch period. (Period lenght will be determined as needed.) 7. By the fith and final if all goes as wanted/needed we will give all schools healthier lunches for the students and lunches will be longer to to give student a proper lunch they always needed but never got. Our bill would go into effect as of the 2012-2013 school year.

Fiscal Impact...

Equipment-............$0 There is no equipment envolved because schools already have the kitchen area neede to prepare food for the students/teachers. Labor-....................$0 The labor of the "lunch ladies" is already at the schools. All that would be needed is a differnt way to prepare certain foods. Energy Resources- $0 Schools already pay for the energy to produce the food meaning no new money is need to create this bill. Education-............ $0 Students at have the education at this day in age. (Also meaning there are health teachers.) They just need to apply it to their lives. Marketing-............ $2,000,000 Our bill doesn't the marketing like others do. Meaning we only need a small amount of money to get the word out there. Transportation-...... $0 Schools have the transpotation to get the food to thier specific school. There isn't any new money need to be spent to transport food. Legal-................... $0 No money is needed to be set aside. No one ahould try to "go against" us. Afterall they don't have to be healthy. This is for their benefit. Other-.................. $0 (TBA) At this piont we are unsure of how much money is needed to pay for the healthier food. If schools are in need assistance to pay for these lunches they will either raise taxes or cut a program. In that first year(s) the school will be able to pay for these new lunches. If this doesn't work we will either adjust or stop this bill's purposal. The amount needed (if at all) will be announced at a later point.