Bill Text: VA HB963 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: DOE; school board policy on excess food donation.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-02-22 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (12-Y 3-N) [HB963 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB963-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 963 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 9, 2024 A BILL to require the Department of Education to survey each local school division to determine best practices relating to the donation of excess food. ---------- Patron-- Earley ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Department of Education shall survey each school board to determine (i) whether it has an existing policy or practice relating to the donation of excess food, as that term is defined §22.1-207.3:1 of the Code of Virginia, from public elementary or secondary schools in the local school division to local food banks or shelters that serve meals or otherwise provide food to individuals in need and (ii) if so, how such policy or practice is implemented and the impact that it has on the local community. After completing such survey, the Department of Education shall compile in a guidance document or Superintendent's Memo and distribute to each school board a list of resources and best practices on the subject of excess food donation.