SUPPORT PROCUREMENT & FARM TO SCHOOL/FUNDS.

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
House Bill 1099 (Public) Filed Wednesday, May 23, 2012
TO REDUCE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM FOOD COSTS BY ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PROCUREMENT ALLIANCE AND BY APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR THE PROCUREMENT ALLIANCE; AND TO ENCOURAGE USE OF THE FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM EQUIPMENT TO ENCOURAGE PREPARATION AND CONSUMPTION OF LOCALLY GROWN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY.
Intro. by Sanderson, LaRoque.
Status: Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Appropriations (House Action) (May 24 2012)

Bill History:

H 1099

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 1099 (2011-2012)
    Summary date: May 23 2012 - View Summary

    Directs the State Board of Education (SBE) and the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to work collaboratively with local boards of education and school administrative units to reduce the food costs for the Child Nutrition Program as the title indicates. Requires the SBE and DPI to report on their progress in reducing food costs to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on or before November 1, 2013.
    Appropriates $80,000 for 2012-13 from the General Fund to DPI to provide administrative support to the NC Procurement Alliance.
    Appropriates $575,000 for 2012-13 from the General Fund to DPI to be used to provide $5,000 to each local school administrative unit for the purchase of food preparation equipment that would encourage the purchase of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables for consumption by school children.
    Effective July 1, 2012.

    Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Education
    APPROP
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