119-hr5255

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5255 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5255

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
authorize the use of Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants for 
 the development and maintenance of school and community gardens, and 
 for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 10, 2025

 Ms. Brown (for herself, Mr. Carey, and Ms. Plaskett) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
 Workforce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
authorize the use of Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants for 
 the development and maintenance of school and community gardens, and 
 for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Thriving Community Gardens Act''.

SEC. 2. ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT SAFE AND HEALTHY STUDENTS.

 Clause
            (ii) of 

section 4108

    (5)
            (C) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7118

    (5)
            (C) ) is amended to read as 
follows:
 ``
            (ii) support a healthy, active lifestyle, 
 including--
 ``
            (I) nutritional education and 
 regular, structured physical education 
 activities and programs, that may 
 address chronic disease management with 
 instruction led by school nurses, nurse 
 practitioners, or other appropriate 
 specialists or professionals to help 
 maintain the well-being of students; 
 and
 ``
            (II) the development and 
 maintenance of school or community 
 gardens;''.

SEC. 3. INFORMATION COLLECTION AND BEST PRACTICES.

    (a) Information Collection.--The Secretary of Education shall 
regularly collect information from local educational agencies that use 
funds provided under 

section 4108 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7118), as amended by this Act, to 
develop and maintain community gardens (as authorized under paragraph

    (5)
            (C) 
            (ii) 
            (II) of such section).

    (b) Identification of Best Practices.--Based on the information 
collected from local educational agencies under subsection

    (a) , the 
Secretary of Education shall identify best practices for the 
development and maintenance of community gardens as described in such 
subsection.
            (c) Publication and Updates.--The Secretary of Education shall--

    (1) publish the best practices identified under subsection

    (b) on a publicly accessible website of the Department of 
 Education; and

    (2) regularly update the best practices based on 
 information received from local educational agencies under 
 subsection

    (a) .
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