,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aj1      
#bjbe,ms4 ,brown 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,carey1 and ,ms4 ,plaskett7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,education and     
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife to authorize the use of   
,student ,support and ,academic         
,enrichment ,grants for the development 
and maintenance of school and community 
gardens1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,thriving ,community ,gardens ,act4 
#b4 ,activities to support safe and     
healthy students ,clause 7ii7 of section
 #dajh7e77;,c7 of the ,elementary and   
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #gaah7e77;,c77 is amended to 
read as follows3  7ii7 support a        
healthy1 active lifestyle1 including--  
7,i7 nutritional education and regular1 
structured physical education activities

 and programs1 that may address chronic 
disease management with instruction led 
by school nurses1 nurse practitioners1  
or other appropriate specialists or     
professionals to help maintain the      
well-being of students2 and  7,,ii7 the 
development and maintenance of school or
 community gardens2  4  #c4 ,information
 collection and best practices  7a7     
,information collection ,the ,secretary 
of ,education shall regularly collect   
information from local educational      
agencies that use funds provided under  
section #dajh of the ,elementary and    
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #gaah71 as amended by this   
,act1 to develop and maintain community 
gardens 7as authorized under paragraph  
7#e77;,c77ii77,,ii7 of such section74   
7b7 ,identification of best practices   
,based on the information collected from
 local educational agencies under       
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of       
,education shall identify best practices
 for the development and maintenance of 

community gardens as described in such  
subsection4  7c7 ,publication and       
updates ,the ,secretary of ,education   
shall--  7#a7 publish the best practices
 identified under subsection 7b7 on a   
publicly accessible website of the      
,department of ,education2 and  7#b7    
regularly update the best practices     
based on information received from local
 educational agencies under subsection  
7a74