Bill 216 explained in plain English
Food Literacy for Students Act, 2020
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This Act mandates experiential food literacy education and healthy eating for all Ontario students from Grade 1 to Grade 12, making it a requirement for graduation.
Bill 216, also known as the Food Literacy for Students Act, 2020, amends the Education Act in Ontario. It requires that curriculum guidelines include experiential food literacy education and healthy eating for students from Grade 1 to Grade 12. These courses of study must offer opportunities for students to grow food, prepare food, and learn about local foods. School boards are obligated to provide instruction in these courses and offer training and support to teachers and staff. Completing these courses will become a requirement for obtaining various secondary school diplomas. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Amends the Education Act to require curriculum guidelines for experiential food literacy and healthy eating for students in Grades 1 through 12.
- Ensures that these courses provide opportunities for students to grow food, prepare food, and learn about local foods.
- Requires school boards to provide instruction in these courses and to offer training and support to teachers and staff.
- Makes the completion of these food literacy courses a requirement for earning an Ontario secondary school diploma, a secondary school graduation diploma, or a secondary school honour graduation diploma.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Students in Ontario (Grades 1-12)
- School boards in Ontario
- Teachers and other school staff in Ontario
- The Minister of Education (Ontario)
- Pupils seeking an Ontario secondary school diploma, a secondary school graduation diploma, or a secondary school honour graduation diploma
- School boards are obligated to provide instruction in experiential food literacy and healthy eating courses.
- School boards are obligated to provide training and support for teachers and staff regarding food literacy education.
- Students will have the right to learn about growing food, preparing food, and local foods through the curriculum.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent (which is not specified in the provided text).
- The specific date of Royal Assent is not provided in the text, therefore the exact commencement date of the Act is not known.
- The text does not specify the exact content or details of the 'experiential food literacy education and healthy eating' courses beyond the opportunities to grow, prepare, and learn about local foods.
Adds a new section (322) to Part XIII.1 of the Act concerning food literacy curriculum, instructional requirements for school boards, and diploma requirements.
Source: Section 1
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