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2020 SESSION

20100879D
HOUSE BILL NO. 698
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 6, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-207.3:1, relating to school boards; distribution of excess food.
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Patrons-- Roem, Hope, Ayala, Davis, Delaney, Hurst, Keam, Kory, Lopez, Murphy, Rasoul, Samirah, Subramanyam and Ware
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-207.3:1 as follows:

§ 22.1-207.3:1. Distribution of excess food.

A. As used in this section, "excess food" means any remaining unexpired, unopened, and unconsumed food after a school has served breakfast and lunch to students during a school day.

B. Each school board may distribute excess food to enrolled low-income students eligible for the School Breakfast Program or National School Lunch Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or to low-income students that the school board determines are otherwise eligible to receive excess food.

C. The method by which a school board distributes excess food shall be established by the school board in accordance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements and guidelines for the distribution of excess food.

D. A school board may develop a policy describing the process for distributing excess food under this section, saving excess food for later consumption, or donating excess food.