Wellness and Smart Snack Standards

Smart Snack Nutrition Standards

Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, required rules that affect “competitive foods” sold in schools. These snacks and beverages, purchased outside of the regular USDA reimbursable meals, “compete” nutritionally with regulated school meals.

Who Do the Smart Snack Nutrition Standards Apply To?

All grade levels and school sites
All areas of each school’s property, under the jurisdiction of the school, that are accessible to students. The rules are in effect from midnight, until 30 minutes after school dismissal.
All foods sold, regardless of program, fund, or activity, including USDA a la carte programs, vending machines, student stores, culinary arts, PTA, ASB, periodic fund raisers and special events
There are no waivers or exceptions for fund raisers in Washington State.

Who Do the Smart Snack Nutrition Standards Not Apply To?

Activities and fundraisers held 30 minutes after school is dismissed through midnight.
Events held off school property
Food given away free of charge

To check if A la Carte foods and beverages meet the Smart Snacks standards, check items using the Smart Snacks Calculator.

USDA New Nutrition Standards

On April 22, 2014, the Federal USDA released new nutritional standards for all snacks sold in schools effective July 1, 2014.

Why are There New Standards?

Nearly 1/3 of children in America at risk for preventable diseases attributable to overweight and obesity.
Health experts predict this generation may be the first to live shorter lives than their parents, if unaddressed.
Improving the nutritional profile of all foods sold in schools found critical to addressing overall health of American children of all income levels.

USDA Nutrition Standards

Where and When Do the Nutrition Standards Apply?

Who Must Comply and Who Does this Impact?

What are the Competitive Foods Standards?

What is Our Timeline?

What Do We Do?

Next Steps

We are in the process of gathering resources as they become available. The first step should be to reduce/eliminate any non-compliant inventory per OSPI’s recommendation below:

OSPI Recommendation May 19, 2014

Smart Snacks in Schools Standards are effective July 1, 2014. Therefore, you may have inventory on hand that will not meet meal pattern requirements or the Smart Snack standards.

Check For:

Grain items that are not whole grain rich - all grain items offered in the NSLP/SBP* must be whole grain rich beginning July 1, 2014
Higher sodium items - sodium target #1 for NSLP/SBP is effective July 1, 2014
A la Carte foods and beverages that do not meet the Smart Snacks standards - check items using the Smart Snacks Calculator.

Please help share this information and resource list with our PTA, student ASB officers, student stores and clubs. The food industry and our central Kitchen is working on developing new products that meet the standards.

*NSLP/SBP= National School Lunch Program/School Breakfast Program

More Wellness Resources

District Wellness

Children who eat well-balanced meals and are healthy are more likely to learn in the classroom. The Board supports increased emphasis on nutrition as well as physical activity at all grade levels to enhance the well-being of our District’s youth. Therefore, it is the policy of the Board to provide students:

Nutrition Standards USDA Meals: The District will provide school breakfasts and lunches which meet the nutritional standards required by State and Federal school breakfast and lunch programs.
Nutrition Standards For All Other Foods: The district follows the USDA's Smart Snacks Standards for all foods sold to students on Puyallup School District campuses from midnight to 30 minutes after schools release.

While students/parents are permitted to bring commercial foods to school that do not meet the Smart Snacks standards on occasions such as birthdays and holiday celebrations, these foods are not sold. The district encourages healthy food choices in all school operations, as well as nonfood based rewards.

Physical Education, Nutrition Education and Activity Promotion

All students in grades 1 through 8 are required to participate in physical education. This includes instruction and practice in basic movement and fine motor skills, progressive physical fitness, and wellness activities through age appropriate activities. All high school students are required to complete 2 credits of health and fitness unless they qualify for a waiver or have individual needs that preclude participation. The district encourages all high schools to offer a variety of health and fitness classes for each grade in high school.
In addition to required physical education, students at the elementary level should have the opportunity to participate in daily recess and physical activity. The district will provide daily recess period(s) for elementary school students, featuring time for unstructured but supervised active play. The district encourages co-curricular physical activity programs, including fully inclusive intramural programs and physical activity clubs; and to promote the use of school facilities for physical activity programs offered by the school and/or community-based organizations outside of school hours.
All foods and beverages made available through the federal breakfast and lunch program will be consistent with the nutrition standards established in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 and USDA regulations.
All competitive food and beverage options sold and marketed on school campus during the student day (vending machines, school stores and programs) will follow USDA Smart Snack Guidelines.

Wellness Committee

The District Wellness Committee meets annually and is open to district staff and community members.

The District Wellness Committee membership includes parents/guardians; students; representatives of the school nutrition program; representatives of health care, social services, and physical education; school administrators, school board representative; health professionals; and the general public.

The Wellness Committee reviews the Puyallup School District Board Policy and compliance every three years.

October 14, 2024 Wellness Meeting Minutes

Resources

SD Board Policy 6700 - Nutrition and Physical Fitness

Accessibility Rights

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation.

The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

Mail

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

Fax

(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

Email

Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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