Bill Text: FL S0140 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: School Food Service Programs [SPSC]

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-03 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2010-183 [S0140 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0140-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 140 
 
By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 
and Senators Siplin, Rich, Gaetz, Bullard, Lawson, Wilson, 
Smith, and Hill 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to school food service programs; 
3         amending s. 1006.06, F.S.; creating the Florida Farm 
4         Fresh Schools Program within the Department of 
5         Education; providing legislative intent; requiring the 
6         department to work with the Department of Agriculture 
7         and Consumer Services to recommend policies and rules 
8         to the State Board of Education relating to school 
9         food services which encourage schools and school 
10         districts in this state to buy fresh and local food; 
11         requiring the Department of Education, in 
12         collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and 
13         Consumer Services, to provide outreach services 
14         regarding the benefits of fresh food products from 
15         this state; requiring the program to maintain 
16         compliance with the rules and regulations of the 
17         National School Lunch Program; providing an effective 
18         date. 
19 
20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
21 
22         Section 1. Subsection (6) is added to section 1006.06, 
23  Florida Statutes, to read: 
24         1006.06 School food service programs.— 
25         (6) The Legislature, recognizing that school children need 
26  nutritious food not only for healthy physical and intellectual 
27  development but also to combat diseases related to poor 
28  nutrition and obesity, establishes the Florida Farm Fresh 
29  Schools Program within the Department of Education as the lead 
30  agency for the program. The program shall: 
31         (a) Require the department to work with the Department of 
32  Agriculture and Consumer Services to recommend policies and 
33  rules to the State Board of Education pertaining to school food 
34  services which: 
35         1. Encourage the patronization of products from farmers in 
36  this state by encouraging school districts to adopt policies 
37  requiring school food service programs to buy fresh and high 
38  quality foods grown in this state when feasible; 
39         2. Encourage and solicit farmers in this state to sell 
40  their products to school districts and schools in this state; 
41         3. Require school districts and schools to make reasonable 
42  efforts to select foods based on a preference for those that 
43  have maximum nutritional content; and 
44         4. Encourage school districts and schools to demonstrate a 
45  preference for competitively priced organic food products. 
46         (b) Require the Department of Education, in collaboration 
47  with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to 
48  provide outreach, guidance, and training to districts, schools, 
49  school food service directors, parent and teacher organizations, 
50  and students about the benefits of fresh food products from 
51  farms in this state. 
52         (c) Maintain compliance with the rules and regulations of 
53  the National School Lunch Program. 
54         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.