Students desiring to participate in athletic activities or enrolling in pre-school or kindergarten, or first grade in the school district will have a physical examination by a licensed physician and provide proof of such an examination to the school district. A physical examination and proof of such an examination may be required by the administration for students in other grades enrolling for the first time in the school district.
A certificate of health stating the results of a physical examination and signed by the physician is on file at the attendance center. Each student will submit an up-to-date certificate of health upon the request of the superintendent. Failure to provide this information may be grounds for disciplinary action.
Students enrolling for the first time in the school district will also submit a certificate of immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, rubeola, rubella, and other immunizations required by law. The student may be provisionally enrolled if they have received at least one dose of each of the required vaccines or are a transfer student from another US school system. The provisional certificate allows for the vaccine to be administered as soon as medically feasible but shall not exceed 60 calendar days. Failure to meet the immunization requirement will be grounds for suspension, expulsion or denial of admission. Upon recommendation of the Iowa Department of Education and Iowa Department of Public Health, students entering the district for the first time may be required to pass a TB test prior to admission. The district may conduct TB tests of current students.
Exemptions from the immunization requirement in this policy will be allowed only for medical or religious reasons recognized under the law. The student must provide a valid Iowa State Department of Health Certificate of Immunization Exemption to be exempt from this policy.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 139.9; 280.13 (2005).
281 I.A.C. 33.5.
641 I.A.C. 7.
Cross Reference: 402.2 Child Abuse Reporting
501 Student Attendance
507 Student Health and Well-Being
Approved March 12, 2007
Reviewed March 14, 2022
Revised May 8, 2017
The board is committed to the inclusion of all students in the education program and recognizes that some students may need prescription and nonprescription medication to participate in their educational program.
Medication shall be administered when the student's parent or guardian (hereafter "parent") provides a signed and dated written statement requesting medication administration and the medication is in the original, labeled container, either as dispensed or in the manufacturer's container.
When administration of the medication requires ongoing professional health judgment, an individual health plan shall be developed by an authorized practitioner with the student and the student's parent. Students who have demonstrated competence in administering their own medications may self-administer their medication. A written statement by the student's parent shall be on file requesting co-administration of medication, when competence has been demonstrated. By law, students with asthma or other airway constricting diseases or students at risk of anaphylaxis who use epinephrine auto-injectors may self-administer their medication upon the written approval of the student’s parents and prescribing licensed health care professional regardless of competency.
Persons administering medication shall include authorized practitioners, such as licensed registered nurses and physician, and persons to whom authorized practitioners have delegated the administration of medication (who have successfully completed a medication administration course). A medication administration course and periodic update shall be conducted by a registered nurse or licensed pharmacist, and a record of course completion shall be maintained by the school.
A written medication administration record shall be on file including:
Medication shall be stored in a secured area unless an alternate provision is documented. Emergency protocols for medication-related reactions shall be posted. Medication information shall be confidential information as provided by law
Disposal of unused, discontinued/recalled, or expired medication shall be in compliance with federal and state law. Prior to disposal school personnel shall make a reasonable attempt to return medication by providing written notification that expired, discontinued, or unused medications needs to be picked up. If medication is not picked up by the date specified, disposal shall be in accordance with the disposal procedures for the specific category of medication.
Legal Reference:
Disposing on Behalf of Ultimate Users, 79 Fed. Reg. 53520, 53546 (Sept. 9, 2014).
Iowa Code §§124.101(1); 147.107; 152.1; 155A.4(2); 280.16; 280.23.
655 IAC §6.2(152).
Cross Reference:
506 Student Records
507 Student Health and Well-Being
603.3 Special Education
607.2 Student Health Services
Approved March 12, 2007
Reviewed March 14, 2022
Revised March 14, 2022
RECORD OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION
Forms are available in all school offices.
Name of Student:
Parents' Phone Number:
Grade:
Medication:
Date to Begin:
Date to End:
Dosage:
Method:
Time:
Prescriber or person authorizing administration:
Phone #1:
Phone #2:
Possible Adverse Reaction:
Person(s) Authorized to Administer Medication:.
*********************
Date Given
Time
Dosage Given
Signature of Employee Administering Medication and Title/Position
Comments
Approved: March 12, 2007
Reviewed: March 14, 2022
Revised:
PARENTAL AUTHORIZATION AND RELEASE FORM FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO STUDENTS
The undersigned are the parent(s), guardian(s), or person(s) in charge of
(student's full legal name)
, in
the grade at the
building in
the
Community School District.
It is necessary that (student's full legal name)
receive (name of medication)
, beginning
on (date) and continuing through (date)
I hereby request the Chariton Community School District, or its authorized representative, to administer the above-named medication to my child named above and agree to:
1. Submit this request to the principal or school nurse;
2. Personally ensure that the medication is received by the principal or school nurse administering it in the container in which it was dispensed by the prescribing physician or licensed pharmacist or is in the manufacturer's container;
3. Personally ensure that the container in which the medication is dispensed is marked with the medication name, dosage, interval dosage, and date after which no administration should be given.
OR
I hereby authorize my child to self-administer his/her medication as he/she has shown the competency to do so. I hereby agree to:
1. Submit this request to the principal or school nurse;
2. Personally ensure that
a. the medication is received by the principal or school nurse administering it in the container in which it was dispensed by the prescribing physician or licensed pharmacist or is in the manufacturer's container; or
b. the medication will be kept in the student's possession but only with prior written permission from the parent and principal.
3. Personally ensure that the container in which the medication is dispensed is marked with the medication name, dosage, interval dosage, and date after which no administration should be given.
Dated this day of , 20 .
Name of Student _____________________________________________________________________
Parent/Guardian
Home Phone Number
Alternate Phone No.
Students with a communicable disease will be allowed to attend school provided their presence does not create a substantial risk of illness or transmission to other students or employees. The term "communicable disease" will mean an infectious or contagious disease spread from person to person, or animal to person, or as defined by law.
Prevention and control of communicable diseases is included in the school district's bloodborne pathogens exposure control plan. The procedures will include scope and application, definitions, exposure control, methods of compliance, universal precautions, vaccination, post-exposure evaluation, follow-up, communication of hazards to employees and record keeping. This plan is reviewed annually by the superintendent and school nurse.
The health risk to immunosupressed students is determined by their personal physician. The health risk to others in the school district environment from the presence of a student with a communicable disease is determined on a case-by-case basis by the student's personal physician, a physician chosen by the school district or public health officials.
A student who is at school and who has a communicable disease which creates a substantial risk of harm to other students, employees, or others at school will report the condition to the Superintendent any time the student is aware that the disease actively creates such risk.
It is the responsibility of the superintendent, in conjunction with the school nurse, to develop administrative regulations stating the procedures for dealing with students with a communicable disease.
Legal Reference: School Board of Nassau County v. Arline, 480 U.S. 273 (1987).
29 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq. (1994).
45 C.F.R. Pt. 84.3 (1990).
Iowa Code ch. 139 (2005).
641 I.A.C. 1.2-.5, 7.
Cross Reference:
403.3 Communicable Diseases - Employees
506 Student Records
507 Student Health and Well-Being
Approved: March 12, 2007
Reviewed: March 14, 2022
Revised
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CHART
CONCISE DESCRIPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXCLUSION OF CASES FROM SCHOOL
DISEASE
*Immunization is available
Usual Interval Between Exposure and First Symptoms of Disease
MAIN SYMPTOMS
Minimum Exclusion From School
CHICKENPOX (Varicella)
13 to 17 days
Mild symptoms and fever. Pocks are "blistery." Develop scabs, most on covered parts of body.
7 days from onset of pocks or until pocks become dry
CONJUNCTIVITIS
(PINK EYE)
24 to 72 hours
Tearing, redness and puffy lids, eye discharge.
Until treatment begins or physician approves readmission.
ERYTHEMIA
INFECTIOSUM
(5TH DISEASE)
4 to 20 days
Usual age 5 to 14 years – unusual in adults. Brief prodrome of low-grade fever followed by Erythemia (slapped cheek) appearance on cheeks, lace-like rash on extremities lasting a few days to 3 weeks. Rash seems to recur.
After diagnosis no exclusion from school.
GERMAN MEASLES*
(RUBELLA)
14 to 23 days
Usually mild. Enlarged glands in neck and behind ears. Brief red rash.
7 days from onset of rash. Keep away from pregnant women.
HAEMOPHILUS
MENINGITIS
2 to 4 days
Fever, vomiting, lethargy, stiff neck and back.
Until physician permits return.
HEPATITIS A
Variable – 15 to 50 (average 28 to 30 days)
Abdominal pain, nausea, usually fever. Skin and eyes may or may not turn yellow.
14 days from onset of clinical disease and at least 7 days from onset of jaundice.
IMPETIGO
1 to 3 days
Inflamed sores, with puss.
Cover lesions when attending school.
MEASLES*
10 days to fever, 14 days to rash
Begins with fever, conjunctivitis, runny nose, cough, then blotchy red rash.
4 days from onset of rash.
MENINGOCOCCAL
MENINGITIS
2 to 10 days (commonly 3 to 4 days
Headache, nausea, stiff neck, fever.
Until physician permits return.
MUMPS*
12 to 25 (commonly 18) days
Fever, swelling and tenderness of glands at angle of jaw.
5 days after onset of swollen glands or until swelling disappears.
PEDICULOSIS
(HEAD/BODY LICE)
7 days for eggs to hatch
Lice and nits (eggs) in hair.
No exclusion from school - recommended - 24 hours after adequate treatment to kill lice and nits.
RINGWORM
4 to 10 days
Scaly patch, usually round shaped.
No exclusion from school. Exclude from gymnasium, swimming pools, contact sports.
SCABIES
2 to 6 weeks initial exposure; 1 to 4 days reexposure
Tinny burrows in skin caused by mites.
Until after treatment.
SCARLET FEVER
SCARLATINA
STREP THROAT
1 to 3 days
Sudden onset, vomiting, sore throat, fever, later fine rash (not on face). Rash usually with first infection.
24 hours after antibiotics started and no fever.
WHOOPING COUGH* (PERTUSSIS)
6 to 20 days
Head cold, slight fever, cough, characteristic whoop after 2 weeks.
5 days after start of antibiotic treatment or has coughed for 21 days
Readmission to School – It is advisable that school authorities require written permission from the health officer, school physician or attending physician before any pupil is readmitted to class following any disease which requires exclusion, not mere absence, from school.
While the school district is not responsible for reporting, the following infectious diseases are required to be reported to the state and local public health offices:
Acquired Immune Leprosy Rubella(German
Deficiency Syndrome Leptospirosis measles)
(AIDS) Lyme disease Rubeola (measles)
Amebiasis Malaria Salmonellosis
Anthrax Meningitis Shigellosis
Botulism (bacterial or viral) Tetanus
Brucellosis Mumps Toxic Shock Syndrome
Campylobacteriosis Parvovirus B 19 Trichinosis
Chlamydia trachomatis infection (fifth Tuberculosis
Cholera disease and other Tularemia
Diphtheria complications) Typhoid fever
E. Coli 0157:h7 Pertussis Typhus fever
Encephalitis (whooping cough) Venereal disease
Giardiasis Plague Chancroid
Hepatitis, viral Poliomyelitis Gonorrhea
(A,B, Non A- Psittacosis Granuloma Inguinale
Non-B, Unspecified) Rabies Lymphogranuloma
Histoplasmosis Reye's Syndrome Venereum
Human Immunodeficiency Rheumatic fever Syphilis
Virus (HIV) infection Rocky Mountain Yfever
Source: Iowa Department of Public Health (1997).
REPORT THE FOLLOWING DISEASES IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONE (1-800-362-2736)
Botulism
Poliomyelitis
Yellow Fever
Cholera
Rabies (Human)
Disease outbreaks of
Diphtheria
Rubella
any public health concern
Plague
Rubeola (measles)
REPORT ALL OTHER DISEASES BELOW.
WEEK ENDING
See other side for list of reportable infectious diseases.
DISEASE
PATIENT
COUNTY OR CITY
DOB
SEX
Name Parent (If applicable)
Address
Attending Physician
Name Parent (If applicable)
Address
Attending Physician
Name Parent (If applicable)
Address
Attending Physician
Name Parent (If applicable)
Address
Attending Physician
Reporting Physician, Hospital, or Other Authorized Person
Address
Remarks:
FOR SCHOOLS ONLY: Report over 10% absent only. Total enrollment:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
No.
Absent
% of Enrollment
REPORT NUMBER OF CASES ONLY
Chickenpox Gastroenteritis
Erythema infectiosum (5th Disease Influenza-like illness (URI)
Approved: March 12, 2007
Reviewed: March 14, 2022
Revised:
When a student becomes ill or is injured at school, the school district will attempt to notify the student's parents as soon as possible.
The school district, while not responsible for medical treatment of an ill or injured student, will have employees present administer emergency or minor first aid if possible. An ill or injured child will be turned over to the care of the parents or qualified medical employees as quickly as possible.
It is the responsibility of the principal to file an accident report with the superintendent within twenty-four hours after the student is injured.
Annually, parents are required to complete a medical emergency authorization form indicating the procedures to be followed, if possible, in an emergency involving their child. The authorization form will also include the phone numbers of the parents and alternative numbers to call in case of an injury or illness.
The superintendent is responsible, in conjunction with the school nurse, to develop rules and regulations governing the procedure in the event a student should become ill or be injured at school.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code § 613.17 (2005).
Cross Reference: 507 Student Health and Well-Being
Approved: March 12, 2007
Reviewed: March 14, 2022
Revised
Students will be informed of the appropriate action to take in an emergency. Emergency drills for fire, weather, and other disasters are conducted each school year. Fire and tornado drills are each conducted regularly during the academic school year with a minimum of two before December 31 and two after January 1.
Each attendance center will develop and maintain a written plan containing emergency and disaster procedures. The plan will be communicated to and review with employees. Employees will participate in emergency drills. Licensed employees are responsible for instructing the proper techniques to be followed in the drill.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code § 100.31 (2005).
281 I.A.C. 41.25(3).
Cross Reference: 507 Student Health and Well-Being
711.10 School Bus Safety Instruction
804 Safety Program
Approved: March 12, 2007
Reviewed: March 14, 2022
Revised
It is recommended that students enrolled in the school district participate in a health insurance program. The cost of the health and accident insurance is borne by the student. Participation in the insurance health and accident plan is not a contract with the school district, but rather, a contract between the insurance company and the student.
Students participating in intramural or extracurricular athletics are required to have health and accident insurance. The student will bring written proof of insurance prior to participating in the extracurricular or intramural activity.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code § 279.8 (2005).
Cross Reference: 504 Student Activities
507 Student Health and Well-Being
Approved: March 12, 2007
Reviewed: March 14, 2022
Revised: May 8, 2017
Disagreements between family members are not the responsibility of the school district. The school district will not take the "side" of one family member over another in a disagreement about custody or parental rights. Court orders that have been issued are followed by the school district. It is the responsibility of the person requesting an action by the school district to inform and provide the school district the court order allowing such action.
This policy does not prohibit an employee from listening to a student's problems and concerns.
It is the responsibility of the superintendent to ensure employees remain neutral in a disagreement about custody and parental rights.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 232.67, .70, .73, .75; 235A; 279.8; 710.6 (2005).
441 I.A.C. 9.2; 155; 175.
Cross Reference: 506 Student Records
507 Student Health and Well-Being
Approved Mar 12, 2007
Reviewed March 14, 2022
Revised
The board recognizes that some special education students need special health services during the school day. These students will receive special health services in conjunction with their individualized health program.
The superintendent, in conjunction with licensed health personnel, will establish administrative regulations for the implementation of this policy.
Legal Reference: Board of Education v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176 (1982).
Springdale School District #50 v. Grace, 693 F.2d 41 (8th Cir. 1982).
Southeast Warren Comm. School District v. Dept. of Public Instruction, 285 N.W.2d 173 (Iowa 1979).
20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq. (1994).
34 C.F.R. Pt. 300 et seq. (1996).
Iowa Code §§ 256.11(7); 256B; 273.2, .5, .9(2)-(3); 280.8 (2005).
281 I.A.C. 12.3(7), 41.96
Cross Reference: 502 Student Rights and Responsibilities
506 Student Records
603.3 Special Education
Approved Mar 12, 2007
Reviewed March 14, 2022
Revised
A. Definitions
"Assignment and delegation" - occurs when licensed health personnel, in collaboration with the education team, determine the special health services to be provided and the qualifications of individuals performing the health services. Primary consideration is given to the recommendation of the licensed health personnel. Each designation considers the student's special health service. The rationale for the designation is documented. If the designation decision of the team differs from the licensed health professional, team members may file a dissenting opinion.
"Co-administration" - the eligible student's participation in the planning, management and implementation of the student's special health service and demonstration of proficiency to licensed health personnel.
"Educational program" - includes all school curricular programs and activities both on and off school grounds.
"Education team" - may include the eligible student, the student's parent, administrator, teacher, licensed health personnel, and others involved in the student's educational program.
"Health assessment" - health data collection, observation, analysis, and interpretation relating to the eligible student's educational program.
"Health instruction" - education by licensed health personnel to prepare qualified designated personnel to deliver and perform special health services contained in the eligible student's health plan.
"Individual health plan" - the confidential, written, preplanned and ongoing special health service in the educational program. It includes assessment, planning, implementation, documentation, evaluation and a plan for emergencies. The plan is updated as needed and at least annually. Licensed health personnel develop this written plan with the education team.
"Licensed health personnel" - includes licensed registered nurse, licensed physician, and other licensed health personnel legally authorized to provide special health services and medications.
"Prescriber" - licensed health personnel legally authorized to prescribe special health services and medications.
"Qualified designated personnel" - persons instructed, supervised and competent in implementing the eligible student's health plan.
"Special health services" - includes, but is not limited to, services for eligible students whose health status (stable or unstable) requires:
• Interpretation or intervention,
• Administration of health procedures and health care, or
• Use of a health device to compensate for the reduction or loss of a body function.
"Supervision" - the assessment, delegation, evaluation and documentation of special health services by licensed health personnel. Levels of supervision include situations in which licensed health personnel are:
• physically present.
• available at the same site.
• available on call.
B. Licensed health personnel will provide special health services under the auspices of the school. Duties of the licensed personnel include the duty to:
• Participate as a member of the education team.
• Provide the health assessment.
• Plan, implement and evaluate the written individual health plan.
• Plan, implement and evaluate special emergency health services.
• Serve as liaison and encourage participation and communication with health service agencies and individuals providing health care.
• Provide health consultation, counseling and instruction with the eligible student, the student's parent and the staff in cooperation and conjunction with the prescriber.
• Maintain a record of special health services. The documentation includes the eligible student's name, special health service, prescriber or person authorizing, date and time, signature and title of the person providing the special health service and any unusual circumstances in the provision of such services.
• Report unusual circumstances to the parent, school administration, and prescriber.
Assign and delegate to, instruct, provide technical assistance and supervise qualified designated personnel.
• Update knowledge and skills to meet special health service needs.
C. Prior to the provision of special health services the following will be on file:
• Written statement by the prescriber detailing the specific method and schedule of the special health service, when indicated.
• Written statement by the student's parent requesting the provision of the special health service.
• Written report of the preplanning staffing or meeting of the education team.
• Written individual health plan available in the health record and integrated into the IEP or IFSP.
D. Licensed health personnel, in collaboration with the education team, will determine the special health services to be provided and the qualifications of individuals performing the special health services. The documented rationale will include the following:
• Analysis and interpretation of the special health service needs, health status stability, complexity of the service, predictability of the service outcome and risk of improperly performed service.
• Determination that the special health service, task, procedure or function is part of the person's job description.
• Determination of the assignment and delegation based on the student's needs.
• Review of the designated person's competency.
• Determination of initial and ongoing level of supervision required to ensure quality services.
E. Licensed health personnel will supervise the special health services, define the level of supervision and document the supervision.
F. Licensed health personnel will instruct qualified designated personnel to deliver and perform special health services contained in the eligible individual health plan. Documentation of instruction and periodic updates are on file at school.
G. Parents will provide the usual equipment, supplies and necessary maintenance for such. The equipment is stored in a secure area. The personnel responsible for the equipment are designated in the individual health plan. The individual health plan will designate the role of the school, parents, and others in the provision, supply, storage and maintenance of necessary equipment.
Approved: March 12, 2007
Reviewed: March 14, 2022
Revised:
The Chariton Community School District supports a healthy environment where students learn and participate in positive dietary and lifestyle practices. The board promotes healthy students by supporting wellness, good nutrition and regular physical activity as a part of the total learning environment.
The Chariton Community School District will develop a local wellness policy committee. The committee will develop a plan to implement and measure the local wellness policy and monitor the effectiveness of the policy. The Chariton Community School District encourages the involvement of parents, students, teachers (P.E.), and school board members on the wellness committee. The public will be invited to participate in the wellness committee through information posted on the website (www.charitonschools.org) and information included in the CCSD District monthly newsletter. The committee will designate an individual to monitor implementation and evaluate the policy. The District will inform families and the public each year of basic information about this policy, including its content, any updates to the policy and implementation status. The District will make this information available via the district website and/or district-wide communications.
Triennial Progress Assessments
At least once every three years, the District will evaluate compliance with the wellness policy to assess the implementation of the policy and include:
The extent to which schools under the jurisdiction of the District are in compliance with the wellness policy;
The extent to which the District’s wellness policy compares to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s model wellness policy; and
A description of the progress made in attaining the goals of the District’s wellness policy.
Revisions and Updating the Policy
The DWC will update or modify the wellness policy based on the results of the annual School Health Index and triennial assessments and/or as District priorities change; community needs change; wellness goals are met; new health science, information, and technology emerges; and new Federal or state guidance or standards are issued. The wellness policy will be assessed and updated as indicated at least every three years, following the triennial assessment.
The school district supports and promotes proper dietary habits contributing to students' health status and academic performance. All foods available on school grounds and at school-sponsored activities during the instructional day should meet or exceed the school district nutrition standards and be in compliance with state and federal law. Foods should be served with consideration toward nutritional integrity, variety, appeal, taste, safety and packaging to ensure high-quality meals.
The Chariton Community School District will provide nutrition education and engage in nutrition promotion that:
• is offered as part of a sequential, comprehensive, standards-based program designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote and protect their health;
• includes developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant participatory activities;
• promotes fruits, vegetables, whole-grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products, healthy food preparation methods and health-enhancing nutrition practices;
• offer classroom health education that complements physical education by reinforcing the knowledge and self-management skills needed to maintain a physically active lifestyle and to reduce time spent on sedentary activities;
• provides opportunities for physical activity to be incorporated into other subject lessons.
The Chariton Community School District will make every effort to eliminate any social stigma attached to, and prevent the overt identification of, students who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals. Toward this end, the Chariton Community School District may utilize electronic identification and payment systems and promote the availability of meals to all students.
The nutrition guidelines will be made available for all food service program foods and will focus on promoting student health and reducing childhood obesity. The Chariton Community School District discourages students from sharing their foods or beverages with one another during meal or snack times, given concerns about allergies and other restrictions on some children’s diets.
Appendix A
Goal #1 NUTRITION EDUCATION
Nutrition education will be offered at each grade level as part of a sequential, comprehensive, standards-based program designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote and protect their health;
Nutrition education will include developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant participatory activities.
Monitoring and reporting: The committee will analyze the Curriculum Manager information to identify where the health education standards are currently being taught, identify gaps, and recommend areas for improvement. A staff survey will be conducted to identify nutrition education activities by grade level. Curriculum information will be available from each classroom teacher and the office at each building.
Goal #2 NUTRITION PROMOTION
The district will promote fruits, vegetables, whole-grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products, healthy food preparation methods and health-enhancing nutrition practices. The district will work to establish community partnerships to promote nutrition.
Monitoring and reporting: The district will monitor the number of articles, tips, and promotional materials made available to students and parents. Information regarding nutrition promotion will be provided annually to the Board of Directors.
Appendix B
Goal #3 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Daily Physical Education
The school district will provide physical education that:
• is for all students in grades K-12 for the entire school year;
• is taught by a certified physical education teacher;
• includes students with disabilities, and,
• engages students in moderate to vigorous activity during at least 50 percent of physical education class time.
Daily Recess
Elementary schools should provide recess for students that:
• is at least 20 minutes a day;
• is preferably outdoors;
• encourages moderate to vigorous physical activity, and,
• discourages extended periods (i.e., periods of two or more hours) of inactivity.
When activities, such as mandatory school-wide testing, make it necessary for students to remain indoors for long periods of time, schools should give students periodic breaks during which they are encouraged to stand and be moderately active.
Chariton Community School District will provide elementary students, K-5, with 30 minutes of physical activity (including recess, classroom activities, and/or PE) daily as required by law. Middle school and high school students will be provided at least 120 minutes of physical activity per week. This can be met with physical education class, school and non-school sponsored athletics, and other activities where the body is
exerted.
Physical Activity and Punishment
Employees should not use physical activity as punishment.
Employees should not routinely withhold opportunities for physical activity as punishment.
Monitoring and reporting: The building principal will be responsible for monitoring the amount of time students are participating in PE and recess activities. A report will be provided to the committee and committee minutes will be available on the food service web page.
Appendix C
NUTRITION GUIDELINES FOR ALL FOODS AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS
School Meals
Meals served through the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs will:
• Will be appealing and meet, at a minimum, nutrition requirements established by state and federal law;
• be served in clean and pleasant settings;
• meet, at a minimum, smart snack nutrition standards, established by state and federal law:
• offer a variety of fruits and vegetables;
• serve only low-fat (1%) and fat-free milk and nutritionally equivalent non-dairy alternatives (as defined by the USDA); and,
• ensure that all of the served grains are whole grain.
Schools should:
• engage students and parents, through taste-tests of new entrees and surveys, in selecting foods offered through the meal programs in order to identify new, healthful and appealing food choices; and
• share information about the nutritional content of meals with parents and students. (The information could be made available on menus, a web site, on cafeteria menu boards, placards or other point-of-purchase materials.)
Breakfast
To ensure that all children have breakfast, either at home or at school, in order to meet their nutritional needs and enhance their ability to learn, schools will:
• operate the breakfast program, to the extent possible;
• arrange bus schedules and utilize methods to serve breakfasts that encourage participation, including serving breakfast in the classroom, “grab-and-go” breakfasts or breakfast during morning break or recess, to the extent possible;
• notify parents and students of the availability of the School Breakfast Program, where available; and,
• encourage parents to provide a healthy breakfast for their children through newsletter articles, take-home materials or other means.
Free and Reduced-Priced Meals
The school district will make every effort to eliminate any social stigma attached to, and prevent the overt identification of, students who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals. Toward this end, the school district may:
• utilize electronic identification and payment systems;
• provide meals at no charge to all children, regardless of income; and,
• promote the availability of meals to all students.
Meal Times and Scheduling
The school district:
• will provide students with at least 10 minutes to eat after sitting down for breakfast and 20 minutes after sitting down for lunch;
NUTRITION GUIDELINES FOR ALL FOODS AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS
• should schedule meal periods at appropriate times, e.g., lunch should be scheduled between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; should not schedule tutoring, club or organizational meetings or activities during mealtimes, unless students may eat during such activities;
• will schedule lunch periods to follow recess periods (in elementary schools);
• will provide students access to hand washing or hand sanitizing before they eat meals or snacks; and,
• should take reasonable steps to accommodate the tooth-brushing regimens of students with special oral health needs (e.g., orthodontia or high tooth decay risk).
Qualification of Food Service Staff
Qualified nutrition professionals will administer the meal programs. As part of the school district’s responsibility to operate a food service program, the school district will:
• provide continuing professional development for all nutrition professionals; and,
• provide staff development programs that include appropriate certification and/or training programs for child nutrition directors, nutrition managers and cafeteria workers, according to their levels of responsibility.
Sharing of Foods
The school district discourages students from sharing their foods or beverages with one another during meal or snack times, given concerns about allergies and other restrictions on some children’s diets.
Foods Sold Outside the Meal (e.g. vending, a la carte, sales)
All foods and beverages sold individually outside the reimbursable meal programs (including those sold through a la carte [snack] lines, vending machines, student stores or fundraising activities) during the school day, or through programs for students after the school day will meet nutrition standards as required by state or federal law.
Snacks
Snacks served during the school day or in after-school care or enrichment programs will make a positive contribution to children’s diets and health, with an emphasis on serving fruits and vegetables as the primary snacks and water as the primary beverage and will comply with the smart snacks nutritional standards.
Schools will assess if and when to offer snacks based on timing of meals, children’s nutritional needs, children’s ages and other considerations. Parents will be encouraged to bring snacks that comply with the smart snacks nutritional standards. A list of snack options will be provided to parents through the website (www.chariton.k12.ia.us) and the district newsletter.
Water
To promote hydration, free, safe, unflavored drinking water will be available to all students throughout the school day and throughout every school campus. The District will make drinking water available where school meals are served during mealtimes.
Rewards
The school district will not use foods or beverages, especially those that do not meet the nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold individually, as rewards for academic performance or good behavior, and will not withhold food or beverages (including food served through meals) as a punishment.
Food Safety
All foods made available on campus must adhere to food safety and security guidelines.
• All foods made available on campus must comply with the state and local food safety and sanitation regulations.
For the safety and security of the food and facility, access to the food service operations are limited to nutrition staff and authorized personnel
Legal Reference:
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. (2005) Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42
U.S.C. 1771 et seq., Iowa Code 256.7(29), 256.11(6) 281 IAC 12.5(19), 12.5(20), 58.11
Cross Reference:
504.5 Student Fund Raising
504.6 Student Activity Program
710 School Food Services
Approved August 14, 2006
Reviewed June 15, 2021
Revised June 15, 2021