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Committee advances bill to expand local food procurement for Maryland schools
Summary
House Bill 56, which would require the State Department of Education and DGS to facilitate a statewide procurement structure and raise the school local-food price preference, was moved to the full committee after sponsor testimony emphasizing structural barriers for local farmers.
House Bill 56, a proposal to increase local food purchasing in Maryland public schools, advanced from the Procurement Subcommittee to the full Budget and Taxation Committee.
Delegate Lorig Charkoudian (presenting HB 56) told the committee the bill creates an online statewide contracting portal that would allow local school systems to buy from contracts established by the Maryland State…
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