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Committee adopts substitute making county surveys and food-resource distribution mandatory for non-school days
Summary
A Senate committee adopted a substitute for Senate Bill 155 that turns county-level authorities on non-school feeding into requirements: annual countywide surveys of non-school nutritious food needs, compiling and distributing food-resource information, and reporting findings to the state.
A Senate committee adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 155 that converts several county-level authorities regarding non-school feeding into requirements, and the committee voted to report the substitute to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass and with a referral under the original double committee reference to the Finance Committee.
Committee counsel Hank told members the substitute turns three county board authorities into duties: (1) conduct an annual countywide survey of public school students to confirm non-school eating patterns and availability of nutritious food when schools are closed; (2) collect and compile information about availability of food resources in the county during non-school days and distribute that information to…
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