Reference is to Printer's Date 05/19/15-S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Article 7, Chapter 63, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-63-785. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, students determined eligible to receive free lunches and students determined eligible to receive reduced price lunches must be offered the same choice of meals and milk offered to children who pay the full price for their meals or milk, regardless of whether one lunch or type of milk offered meets the requirements prescribed in the National School Lunch Program, found in 7 C.F.R. Part 210, and the Special Milk Program for Children, found in C.F.R. Part 215. Students eligible to receive free or reduces priced lunches may not be denied a meal or provided an alternative meal if they owe the school for meals."
SECTION 2. Section 59-10-310 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-10-310.
(A) In an effort to promote
optimal healthy eating patterns and academic success, the
State Board of Education by policy shall establish requirements
for elementary school food service meals and competitive
foods based upon the recommendations outlined in the State
Department of Education Task Force on Student Nutrition and
Physical Activity Report, National School Lunch Act, and the
most recent applicable Dietary Guidelines for Americans
all school food service meals and competitive foods provided
in kindergarten through twelfth grade during the academic school
year, which must meet or may exceed, the nutritional
requirements established by the United States Department of
Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The nutritional
requirements must be continuously updated to reflect the current
United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition
Service standards. A school district board of trustees may adopt
a more restrictive policy. A school or district shall not
restrict the food that a parent or guardian may provide for
student consumption at school.
(B) School
fundraisers must be exempted from the requirements in this
section; however, nothing in this section shall restrict or
prohibit the department from establishing policy with regard to
school fundraisers, as authorized by the United States
Department of Agriculture."
SECTION 3. Section 59-10-330(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-10-330. (B) Each district, in collaboration with the CSHAC, shall develop a school health improvement plan that addresses strategies for improving student nutrition, health, and physical activity and includes the district's wellness policy. The school health improvement plan must report compliance with the requirements contained in Section 59-10-310. The district health improvement plan goals and progress toward those goals must be included in the district's strategic plan required pursuant to Section 59-20-60."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
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