Bill Text: CA AB1917 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Education finance: acquisition of food services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-08-16 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1917 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB1917-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1917 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 6, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 25, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 2, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 9, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Dickinson FEBRUARY 22, 2012 An act to add Section 38085.5 to the Education Code, relating to education finance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1917, as amended, Dickinson. Education finance: acquisition of food services.(1) ExistingExisting law authorizes school district governing boards to establish cafeterias, which are defined as synonymous with food services. This bill would require a school district governingboards that enter into a contractboard, county superintendent of schools, or governing body of a charter school that contracts for the acquisition of food services using state or federal funds to develop and adopt policies and procedures for the acquisition of food services to ensure that aservice contractorfood service management company fully discloses to theschool districtlocal educational agency all discounts, rebates, as defined, allowances, and incentives received by theservice contractorcompany from its suppliers, as specified, and to disclose and pay to theschool districtlocal educational agency the full amount of the discount, rebate, or applicable credit, as specified. The bill would require these discounts, rebates, allowances, and incentives to be paid as agreed, and a record of these transactions to be available for review as part of any audit conducted pursuant to statute. The bill would require any necessary changes to the policies and procedures for the acquisition of services to be implemented upon the renewal, extension, or amendment of an existing agreement or as part of a new service agreement. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 38085.5 is added to the Education Code, to read: 38085.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if the governing board of a school districtenters into a contract, county superintendent of schools, or governing body of a charter school contracts for the acquisition of food services, the governing boardusing state or federal funds, it shall develop and adopt policies and procedures for the acquisition of food services that are in accordance with both of the following: (1) The policies and procedures for the acquisition of food services shall ensure thata service contractorthe food service management company fully discloses to theschool districtlocal educational agency all discounts, rebates, allowances, and incentives received by theservice contractorcompany from its suppliers. If theservice contractorfood service management company receives a discount, rebate, allowance, or other incentive from any supplier, theservice contractorcompany shall disclose and pay to theschool districtlocal educational agency the full amount of the discount, rebate, or applicable credit that is received based on the purchases made on behalf of theschool districtlocal educational agency . Language stating this requirement shall be placed in agreements covered by this section. (2) Any discount, rebate, allowance, or incentive shall be paid to theschool districtlocal educational agency during a mutually agreed upon timeframe, and a record of these transactions shall be available for review as part of any audit conducted pursuant to statute. Any changes required pursuant to this section shall be implemented upon the renewal, extension, or amendment of an existing agreement or as part of a new service agreement. (b) As used in this section, "rebate" includes any return of monetary value, including, but not necessarily limited to, a volume discount, allowance, or discount purchase incentive.