Senate File 46 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  McCOY


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to school nutritional standards by requiring a
  2    ban on certain sales of unhealthy individual food items and
  3    requiring the director of the department of education to adopt
  4    guidelines for minimum nutritional standards.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1692SS 82
  7 kh/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.9, subsection 39, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    39.  Provide educational resources and technical assistance
  1  4 to schools relating to the implementation of the nutritional
  1  5 guidelines for food and beverages sold on public school
  1  6 grounds or on the grounds of nonpublic schools receiving funds
  1  7 under section 283A.10.  The director shall also prepare and
  1  8 implement guidelines for minimum nutritional standards to
  1  9 assist school districts, at a minimum, in meeting the
  1 10 unhealthy individual food item prohibition in section 279.9C.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  279.9C  UNHEALTHY FOOD BAN.
  1 12    The rules adopted under section 279.8 shall prohibit the
  1 13 sale of unhealthy individual food items at middle and high
  1 14 school attendance centers during the school day pursuant to
  1 15 the guidelines for minimum nutritional standards established
  1 16 by the department of education pursuant to section 256.9,
  1 17 subsection 39.
  1 18                            EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill directs the boards of directors of school
  1 20 districts to adopt rules that ban the sale of unhealthy
  1 21 individual food items at middle and high school attendance
  1 22 centers during the school day and requires the director of the
  1 23 department of education to assist school districts in this
  1 24 effort by implementing guidelines for minimum nutritional
  1 25 standards.
  1 26 LSB 1692SS 82
  1 27 kh:nh/es/88