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With assistance from the School Building Authority Advisory Board, the School Building Authority will ensure that all approved projects provide high quality learning environments, conserve natural resources, consume less energy, are easier to maintain, and provide educationally appropriate school facilities.
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The connection between education and health is well-documented, emphasizing that access to nutrition, physical activity, adequate sleep, and health services is vital for the well-being of children and youth. In Rhode Island, school health is structured around health education, health services, and a healthy school environment, guided by regulations since 1963.
The coordinated school health model, developed by the CDC in 1988, included eight essential components: Health education, Physical education, Health services, Nutrition services, Health promotion for staff, Counseling, psychological, and social services, Healthy school environment addresses (both the physical and psychosocial climate) and Parent and community involvement. (Kolbe, 1986; Allensworth and Kolbe, 1987). RIDE adopted this model for school health program efforts.