Sec. 10-215f. Certification that food meets nutrition standards.
Sec. 10-215f. Certification that food meets nutrition standards. (a) Each local
and regional board of education, the regional vocational-technical school system, and
the governing authority for each state charter school, interdistrict magnet school and
endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34 that participates in the National
School Lunch Program shall certify in its annual application to the Department of Education for school lunch funding whether, during the school year for which such application
is submitted, all food items made available for sale to students in schools under its
jurisdiction and not exempted from the nutrition standards published by the Department
of Education pursuant to section 10-215e will meet said standards. Except as otherwise
provided in subsection (b) of this section, such certification shall include food not exempted from said nutrition standards and offered for sale to students at all times, and
from all sources, including, but not limited to, school stores, vending machines, school
cafeterias, and any fundraising activities on school premises, whether or not school
sponsored.
(b) Each board of education, the regional vocational-technical school system and
each governing authority that certifies pursuant to this section compliance with the
department's nutrition standards for food may exclude from such certification the sale
to students of food items that do not meet such standards, provided (1) such sale is in
connection with an event occurring after the end of the regular school day or on the
weekend, (2) such sale is at the location of such event, and (3) such food is not sold
from a vending machine or school store.
(P.A. 06-63, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 06-63 effective July 1, 2006.