A bill for an act relating to meals, food, and beverages provided to students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 5 .)

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

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BY

COMMITTEE

ON

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

5)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

meals,

food,

and

beverages

provided

to

1

students

enrolled

in

school

districts,

charter

schools,

2

and

innovation

zone

schools,

and

including

applicability

3

provisions.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

256E.7,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

0t.

Be

subject

to

and

comply

with

the

3

requirements

of

section

283A.6

relating

to

the

preparation

of

4

meals

provided

to

students,

and

prohibited

ingredients

in

meals

5

provided

to

students,

in

the

same

manner

as

a

school

district,

6

if

the

charter

school

provides

a

breakfast

or

lunch

program.

7

Sec.

2.

Section

256F.4,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

amended

8

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

9

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

r.

Be

subject

to

and

comply

with

the

10

requirements

of

section

283A.6

relating

to

the

preparation

of

11

meals

provided

to

students,

and

prohibited

ingredients

in

meals

12

provided

to

students,

in

the

same

manner

as

a

school

district,

13

if

the

charter

school

or

innovation

zone

school

provides

a

14

breakfast

or

lunch

program.

15

Sec.

3.

NEW

SECTION

.

283A.6

School

district

breakfast

and

16

lunch

programs

——

food

and

beverages

provided

to

students

——

17

prohibited

ingredients.

18

1.

As

used

in

this

section:

19

a.

“Margarine”

means

any

food

product

that

is

a

substitute

20

for

butter

and

that

is

made

with

fats

or

oils

that

are

not

21

natural

fats

and

oils,

including

products

labeled

as

margarine,

22

spread,

or

oleomargarine.

23

b.

“Natural

fats

and

oils”

means

butter,

beef

tallow,

lard,

24

coconut

oil,

avocado

oil,

and

olive

oil.

25

2.

When

necessary,

a

school

district

shall

use

natural

fats

26

and

oils

to

prepare

meals

to

be

served

to

students

as

part

of

27

the

school

district’s

breakfast

or

lunch

program.

A

school

28

district

shall

not

use

margarine

to

prepare

a

meal

to

be

served

29

to

students

as

part

of

the

school

district’s

breakfast

or

lunch

30

program.

31

3.

A

school

district

shall

not

serve

a

meal

to

students

as

32

part

of

the

school

district’s

breakfast

or

lunch

program

that

33

contains

any

of

the

following

ingredients:

34

a.

Blue

dye

1.

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b.

Blue

dye

2.

1

c.

Brominated

vegetable

oil.

2

d.

Green

dye

3.

3

e.

Margarine.

4

f.

Potassium

bromate.

5

g.

Propylparaben.

6

h.

Red

dye

3.

7

i.

Red

dye

40.

8

j.

Yellow

dye

5.

9

k.

Yellow

dye

6.

10

4.

An

employee

of

a

school

district

shall

not

provide

11

any

food

or

beverages

that

contain

an

ingredient

described

12

in

subsection

3

to

a

student

enrolled

in

the

school

district

13

during

the

school

day.

14

5.

A

school

district

shall

not

permit

the

sale

of

any

15

beverages

that

contain

an

ingredient

described

in

subsection

3

16

during

a

school

function

or

school-sponsored

activity

unless

17

any

of

the

following

applies:

18

a.

The

sale

does

not

take

place

on

school

district

property.

19

b.

The

sale

takes

place

at

least

thirty

minutes

after

the

20

end

of

the

school

day.

21

Sec.

4.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

school

years

22

beginning

on

or

after

July

1,

2027.

23

EXPLANATION

24

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

25

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

26

This

bill

relates

to

meals,

food,

and

beverages

provided

to

27

students

enrolled

in

school

districts,

charter

schools,

and

28

innovation

zone

schools.

29

The

bill

provides

that,

when

necessary,

school

districts,

30

charter

schools,

and

innovation

zone

schools

are

required

to

31

use

natural

fats

and

oils

to

prepare

meals

to

be

served

to

32

students

as

part

of

the

school’s

breakfast

or

lunch

program.

33

The

bill

prohibits

schools

from

using

margarine

to

prepare

a

34

meal

to

be

served

to

students

as

part

of

the

school

district’s

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breakfast

or

lunch

program.

The

bill

defines

“margarine”

as

1

any

food

product

that

is

a

substitute

for

butter

and

that

is

2

made

with

fats

or

oils

that

are

not

natural

fats

and

oils.

The

3

bill

defines

“natural

fats

and

oils”

as

butter,

beef

tallow,

4

lard,

coconut

oil,

avocado

oil,

and

olive

oil.

5

The

bill

prohibits

school

districts,

charter

schools,

and

6

innovation

zone

schools

from

serving

meals

to

students

as

part

7

of

the

school’s

breakfast

or

lunch

program

that

contain

blue

8

dye

1,

blue

dye

2,

brominated

vegetable

oil,

green

dye

3,

9

margarine,

potassium

bromate,

propylparaben,

red

dye

3,

red

dye

10

40,

yellow

dye

5,

or

yellow

dye

6.

The

bill

also

prohibits

11

schools

from

permitting

the

sale

of

any

beverages

that

contain

12

such

ingredients

during

a

school

function

or

school-sponsored

13

activity

unless

the

sale

does

not

take

place

on

school

district

14

property

or

unless

the

sale

takes

place

at

least

30

minutes

15

after

the

end

of

the

school

day.

16

The

bill

applies

to

school

years

beginning

on

or

after

July

17

1,

2027.

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