Bill Text: FL H1619 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: School Food Service Programs

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/SB 140; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 140 (Ch. 2010-183) -HJ 01168 [H1619 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1619-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HB 1619

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to school food service programs; amending
3	s. 1006.06, F.S.; creating the Florida Farm Fresh Schools
4	Program within the Department of Education; requiring the
5	program to comply with regulations of the National School
6	Lunch Program and meet specified requirements; requiring
7	the department to work with the Department of Agriculture
8	and Consumer Services to develop policies that encourage
9	school districts to buy fresh and local food and select
10	foods with maximum nutritional content; requiring the
11	department, in collaboration with the Department of
12	Agriculture and Consumer Services, to provide outreach
13	services regarding the benefits of fresh food products
14	from this state; providing an effective date.
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16	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18	Section 1. Subsection (6) is added to section 1006.06,
19	Florida Statutes, to read:
20	1006.06 School food service programs.-
21	(6) The Legislature, recognizing that school children need
22	nutritious food not only for healthy physical and intellectual
23	development but also to combat diseases related to poor
24	nutrition and obesity, establishes the Florida Farm Fresh
25	Schools Program within the Department of Education as the lead
26	agency for the program. The program shall comply with the
27	regulations of the National School Lunch Program and require:
28	(a) The Department of Education to work with the
29	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop
30	policies pertaining to school food services which encourage:
31	1. School districts to buy fresh and high-quality foods
32	grown in this state when feasible.
33	2. Farmers in this state to sell their products to school
34	districts and schools.
35	3. School districts and schools to demonstrate a
36	preference for competitively priced organic food products.
37	(b) School districts and schools to make reasonable
38	efforts to select foods based on a preference for those that
39	have maximum nutritional content.
40	(c) The Department of Education, in collaboration with the
41	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to provide
42	outreach, guidance, and training to school districts, schools,
43	school food service directors, parent and teacher organizations,
44	and students about the benefits of fresh food products from
45	farms in this state.
46	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.