HB 698

            
2020 SESSION

20100879D

HOUSE BILL NO. 698 

House Amendments in [ ] � February 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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Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Roem

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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 [ intended to be
served as part of a reimbursable meal that was unable to be utilized for a
current or future meal provision ] �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 who
] �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.