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SB-393 • 2026

Pupil health: school nutrition.

Pupil health: school nutrition.

Children Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gonzalez
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest text do not provide specific details about what changes are made, only that they are nonsubstantive.

School Nutrition: Pupil Health

The bill makes a minor update to the existing law about school nutrition in California without changing how schools are monitored or reimbursed.

What This Bill Does

  • Updates an existing statement that California aims to serve high-quality and nutritious food in schools.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Schools participating in federal lunch and breakfast programs
  • The California State Department of Education

Terms To Know

National School Lunch Program
A program that provides free or low-cost lunches to schoolchildren.
School Breakfast Program
A program that offers free or reduced-price breakfasts to students in schools.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not change the nutritional standards for meals served in schools.
  • It only updates a statement about California's goal regarding school food quality and nutrition, without changing how it is enforced.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2025-02-26 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  3. 2025-02-18 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.

  4. 2025-02-14 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 393, as introduced, Gonzalez.
Pupil health: school nutrition.
Existing law finds and declares that the State of California strives to serve food of the highest quality and of greatest nutritional value possible. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to monitor schools participating in the federal National School Lunch Program or federal School Breakfast Program to ensure that the nutrition levels of meals served to schoolage children qualify those meals for reimbursement under the federal child nutrition program regulations as nutritionally adequate breakfasts and nutritionally adequate lunches, as provided.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that legislative declaration.

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