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Superintendent: state policy will require district to ban 'cultivated protein' in school meals
Summary
A newly released state policy requires school districts to adopt a rule by March 20 banning cultivated-protein foods (lab-grown meat, chicken and eggs); the superintendent said the district currently does not serve such products but must formally adopt the policy.
The superintendent told the board that the state issued a policy the district must adopt by March 20 that would prohibit serving "cultivated protein" products — described in the meeting as lab-grown meat, chicken and eggs — in school meals.
"The the big thing about this policy is the state is banning what they're call calling cultivated protein food products. In other words, lab grown, like meat and chicken," the superintendent said, adding the district was not serving those products but must adopt the policy because it was newly issued. Board members asked for clarification on the policy's scope and implications; the superintendent said the state appears to be moving ahead of any widespread availability in schools.
