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Board reviews student-wellness change emphasizing water and a new meal-charge regulation after federal review
Summary
Administration proposed adding a water-focused paragraph to the student-wellness policy tied to a Rev Your Bev presentation and presented a federally prompted meal-charge regulation; the nutrition office said the regulation has been accepted and will return for board action next month.
Miss Rice presented two nutrition-related policy items for board review: a student-wellness-policy addition emphasizing water access for students and a new meal-charge regulation developed after federal monitoring.
On the wellness change, Miss Rice said the Rev Your Bev organization requests language that "recognizes water" as an essential nutrient and, if the division includes that paragraph, Rev Your Bev will provide instructional resources and items such as water bottles to support hydration programs. Rice said Rev Your Bev will present to the schools in April with more details.
Rice described the second item as a meal-charge regulation the school nutrition program drafted after a routine federal monitoring review. The regulation is intended to clarify how the division would handle meal charges and any resulting student debt in the event the division were no longer a "C" school and charging resumed. Rice said the nutrition program provided a template and the proposed regulation aligns with policy EFB and the school nutrition program's requirements; she said the program "received it" and that the regulation meets the program's requirements.
Board members were told the meal-charge regulation would be presented for action next month. No vote was taken at this meeting; Rice said the nutrition program had accepted the regulation for compliance purposes and additional board action will follow.
The board also noted the planned Rev Your Bev presentation in April, when members will have the opportunity to hear the program's resources and how the water language would be implemented.
