February 18, 2015, Introduced by Senators COLBECK, JONES, NOFS, HORN, SHIRKEY, KOWALL, EMMONS, MARLEAU, BOOHER, ROBERTSON, O'BRIEN, GREEN, PROOS, MACGREGOR, PAVLOV, STAMAS, KNOLLENBERG, ZORN, HILDENBRAND and BRANDENBURG and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1272b (MCL 380.1272b).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1272b. (1) In all school meal programs established and
operated
pursuant to under section 1272a, all of the following
apply:
(a)
Nutritional Subject to
subsection (2), nutritional
standards
prescribed by the United States department Department of
agriculture
Agriculture pursuant to section 9 of the national
school
lunch act, 42 U.S.C. USC 1758, shall be met and maintained.
(b) The board of a school district or board of directors of a
public school academy may charge a fee for meals or milk, but the
fee shall not exceed the actual average daily cost, including
necessary supervision, of the meal or milk and accessories, less
the amount of food and financial assistance received by the board
or board of directors for the meal or milk.
(c) The board of a school district or board of directors of a
public school academy shall provide free and reduced price meals
and free milk to all pupils eligible under the maximum standards
prescribed
by the United States department Department
of
agriculture
Agriculture pursuant to section 9 of the national
school
lunch act, 42 U.S.C. USC 1758; shall ensure the
confidentiality of all information contained in applications for
eligibility; and shall further ensure that eligible pupils are not
discriminated against or overtly identified in any manner.
(d) The board of a school district or board of directors of a
public school academy shall provide for parent and pupil
participation in the planning and evaluation of school meals and
other foods sold or dispensed on school premises.
(2) In all school meal programs established and operated under
section 1272a, the department shall take all steps necessary to
ensure maximum state and local control over the implementation of
the programs, including, but not limited to, establishing an upper
limit on the number and frequency of fund-raising activities that
may take place in a public school during school hours that allow
the sale of food or beverage items that do not meet the nutritional
standards. The department shall ensure that this upper limit is not
less than 3 fund-raising activities per week. For the purposes of
this upper limit, an ongoing fund-raising activity that is
scheduled to take place at more than 1 time during a school day,
throughout the school day, or for more than 1 school day shall be
considered to be a single fund-raising activity.