Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 794
       
       
       
       By Senator Sobel
       
       
       
       
       31-00805-10                                            2010794__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to school food services; providing a
    3         short title; amending s. 1006.06, F.S.; providing that
    4         district school board policies for the operation of
    5         school food service programs include the requirement
    6         that schools provide and post nutritional information
    7         for daily meals; amending s. 1006.0606, F.S.;
    8         requiring each school district with a summer nutrition
    9         program to provide and post nutritional information
   10         for daily meals; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Cafeteria
   15  Nutritional Awareness Act.”
   16         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 1006.06, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         1006.06 School food service programs.—
   19         (3) Each district school board shall consider the
   20  recommendations of the district school superintendent and adopt
   21  policies to provide for an appropriate food and nutrition
   22  program for students consistent with federal law and State Board
   23  of Education rule. The policies shall include the requirement
   24  that accurate and adequate information regarding the nutritional
   25  content and value of daily meals be provided to parents and
   26  students. Such information shall be posted in a prominent place
   27  in the cafeteria in each school and shall include, but not be
   28  limited to, the sugar, fat, calorie, and vitamin contents in
   29  each breakfast and lunch meal and the companies that provide the
   30  food and beverages to the school.
   31         Section 3. Subsection (6) is added to section 1006.0606,
   32  Florida Statutes, to read:
   33         1006.0606 Children’s summer nutrition program.—
   34         (6) Each school district that has a summer nutrition
   35  program shall provide accurate and adequate information
   36  regarding the nutritional content and value of daily meals to
   37  parents and students. Such information shall be posted in a
   38  prominent place in each school that is participating in the
   39  summer nutrition program and shall include, but not be limited
   40  to, the sugar, fat, calorie, and vitamin contents in each
   41  breakfast and lunch meal and the companies that provide the food
   42  and beverages.
   43         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.