Wellness Policy

Under the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) of 2010, the federal government reauthorized Child Nutrition Programs in school districts nationwide and included a section that specifically addresses local school wellness policies. The objectives of the HHFKA include enhancing existing local school wellness policy requirements, strengthening implementation and assessment of the policies, and expanding public input in both local school wellness policy development and reporting.

 

A local school wellness policy (“wellness policy”) is a written document that guides a local educational agencies (LEA) or school district’s efforts to establish a school environment that promotes students’ health, well-being, and ability to learn.

 

See the document provided below for the Wellness Policy for the Mammoth Unified School District.