LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 2191 TO CREATE "HEALTHY AMERICAN SCHOOLS," WHERE CHILDREN WILL MARCH 19, 1992 Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-038618-7 025e92 хроч KF26 L27 1992 CONTENTS STATEMENTS Bingaman, Hon. Jeff, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico, prepared Cohen, Hon. William S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine McGinnis, Dr. J. Michael, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, and Direc- tor, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, accompanied by Lloyd Kolbe, Director, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control; Rhoda Abrams, Health Resources and Services Administration; Mary Jansen, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and Snyder, Alicia A., coordinator, School-Based Health Centers for Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, NM, and president-elect, American School Health Association; and Maureen Corry, director, Education and Health Promotion, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, and chair, National Resnicow, Ken. chief of child health research, American Health Foundation, New York, NY; Arlene R. Penfield, president, National School Boards Association, Rouses Point, NY; and Dr. Jonathan E. Fielding, vice president and health director, Johnson and Johnson Health Management, Inc., Los ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Communications to: Bingaman, Hon. Jeff, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico, from HEALTHY STUDENTS-HEALTHY SCHOOLS ACT THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1992 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:05 a.m., in room SD430, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Jeff Bingaman, presiding. Present: Senator Bingaman. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR BINGAMAN Senator BINGAMAN. We'll go ahead and begin today's hearing. Senator Cohen needs to leave after the first panel, and we want to get as much testimony in as we can while he is still able to be here. This hearing has been called by our distinguished chairman, Senator Kennedy, of the Labor and Human Resources Committee. He is not able to be here today, and he asked me to chair the hearing. I think all of us are aware of the efforts Senator Kennedy has undertaken on a variety of issues that directly relate to this legislation-AIDS prevention, children's health care, medical research, health promotion and disease prevention. He has been a leader in all of these, and i very much appreciate his support for our efforts here today. I am also very pleased that Senator Cohen is able to join us this morning. I have had the good fortune to work with him on a variety of health-related initiatives and have admired his leadership in this area. I am glad to see him here in the Labor and Human Resources Committee. The issue we are talking about today, of course, is creating healthy American schools. In my view, this is one of the most important education and health issues facing our Nation today, and I am confident that the testimony today will move us in the right direction. I am sorry the Department of Education has decided not to send a representative to the hearing today. We had hoped that the Department would participate in this hearing and provide us with input as well. I think a coordinated effort among Federal agencies is the only way we are going to make serious progress. Over the past few years, Congress, the Nation's Governors and the administration have worked to define a realistic set of national education goals. I think everyone agrees, or at least the rhetoric we hear indicates agreement, that part of the key to making progress (1) |