Education Code § 49581

ARTICLE 13. Food Recovery Program

Current as of September 28, 2026Ed. Code, § 49581Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 285, Sec. 1. (SB 557) Effective January 1, 2018.

The department shall update its guidance on the donation of leftover food to allow a public school cafeteria to donate food to a food bank or to any other nonprofit charitable organization for distribution to persons free of charge or to make leftover food available to pupils during the course of a regular school meal time that is consistent with Section 114079 of the Health and Safety Code.