Virginia House Bill 2031 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Education; establishment of Farm to School Program Task Force. Requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint such members as it deems necessary or appropriate to the Farm to School Program Task Force for the purpose of increasing student access throughout the Commonwealth to high-quality farm to school programs, defined in the bill as programs (i) whereby public schools purchase and feature prominently in school meals locally produced food or (ii) that involve experiential student learning opportunities relating to local food and agriculture, including school and community garden programs and local farm visits. The bill requires the Task Force to collaborate with local school boards, community-based organizations, farmers, relevant state and local agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to (a) assess existing farm to school programs within and outside the Commonwealth to identify and disseminate to each local school board best practices for implementing and sustaining such programs, (b) establish and distribute to each local school board a guidance document for the establishment and operation of school garden programs, (c) provide information and resources to each local school board to assist it in leveraging grant funds to support farm to school programs, and (d) collect such data and make such policy recommendations to local school boards, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly as it deems appropriate.

Farm to School Program Task Force; Department of Education to establish.

Sen. Danica Roem [D]

2023-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Education
2023-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102017D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	23.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2031
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2031+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2031F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0903V0036+HB2031