House File 2334 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY MASCHER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to minimum nutrition standards for school
2 district attendance centers and prohibiting the sale of foods
3 with minimal nutritional value in vending machines located in
4 school district attendance centers and providing an effective
5 date.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 256.9, subsection 39, Code Supplement
1 2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 39. Provide Develop minimum nutrition standards that meet
1 4 or exceed federal guidelines and regulations for foods and
1 5 beverages sold or served in school district attendance centers
1 6 during the normal instructional day. The nutrition standards
1 7 may include portion sizes, minimum nutrient values, and a
1 8 listing of contents. The director shall provide educational
1 9 resources and technical assistance to schools relating to the
1 10 implementation of the nutritional guidelines for food and
1 11 beverages sold on public school grounds or on the grounds of
1 12 nonpublic schools receiving funds under section 283A.10.
1 13 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 279.67 NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS.
1 14 1. Food and beverages sold from vending machines located
1 15 in school district elementary, middle school or junior high,
1 16 or secondary school attendance centers shall meet the
1 17 nutrition standards developed pursuant to section 256.9,
1 18 subsection 39.
1 19 2. Foods of minimal nutritional value as defined by the
1 20 United States department of agriculture food and nutrition
1 21 service under 7 C.F.R. pt. 210, appendix B, shall not be sold
1 22 from a vending machine during the normal instructional day in
1 23 any elementary, middle school or junior high, or secondary
1 24 school attendance center.
1 25 3. Contracts and renewal contracts for food or beverages
1 26 shall expressly prohibit the sale of sugared, carbonated
1 27 beverages and all other foods of minimal nutritional value as
1 28 defined by the United States department of agriculture food
1 29 and nutrition service under 7 C.F.R. pt. 210, appendix B, from
1 30 vending machines located in school district attendance
1 31 centers.
1 32 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to do any of
1 33 the following:
1 34 a. Prohibit a school district from developing and adopting
1 35 nutrition standards that are more stringent than those
2 1 provided in this section.
2 2 b. Prohibit or limit the sale or distribution of any food
2 3 or beverage item through fund=raising activities of students,
2 4 teachers, or educational groups when the items are intended
2 5 for sale off the attendance center grounds.
2 6 c. Prohibit or limit the sale or distribution of any food
2 7 or beverage items to teachers, administrators, or other adults
2 8 in a faculty lounge or under other circumstances where the
2 9 sale or distribution is limited to teachers, administrators,
2 10 or other adults.
2 11 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 279.67, as enacted by
2 12 this Act, takes effect July 1, 2009.
2 13 EXPLANATION
2 14 This bill directs the director of the department of
2 15 education to develop minimum nutrition standards that meet or
2 16 exceed federal guidelines and regulations for foods and
2 17 beverages sold or served on the school grounds of elementary,
2 18 middle or junior high, or secondary schools during the normal
2 19 instructional day, and, effective July 1, 2009, requires that
2 20 food and beverages sold from vending machines located in
2 21 school attendance centers must meet these nutrition standards.
2 22 The bill prohibits, effective July 1, 2009, the sale of
2 23 foods of minimal nutritional value as defined by the United
2 24 States department of agriculture (USDA) food and nutrition
2 25 service under 7 C.F.R. pt. 210, appendix B, from a vending
2 26 machine during the normal instructional day in any school
2 27 attendance center. The USDA definition includes soda water,
2 28 water ices, chewing gum, and certain candies.
2 29 The bill provides that, effective July 1, 2009, contracts
2 30 for food or beverages shall expressly prohibit the sale of
2 31 sugared, carbonated beverages and all other foods of minimal
2 32 nutritional value as defined by the USDA from vending machines
2 33 located in school district attendance centers.
2 34 The bill also provides that nothing in the bill shall be
2 35 construed to prohibit a school district from developing and
3 1 adopting more stringent standards, prohibit or limit the sale
3 2 of food or beverage items through school fund=raising
3 3 activities when the items are intended for sale off the
3 4 attendance center grounds, or prohibit or limit the sale or
3 5 distribution of any food or beverage items to adults in a
3 6 faculty lounge or under other circumstances where the sale or
3 7 distribution is limited to adults.
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