ARTICLE 11. Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12
Article 11 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 49550.3–49564.5 · 22 sections
- § 49550.3 (a) Because a hungry child cannot learn, the Legislature intends, as a state nutrition and health policy, that the federal School Breakfast Program be made…
- § 49550.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Cafeteria fund” means the nonprofit school food service account, as defined in Section…
- § 49551 The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations prescribing standards and guidelines for carrying out the purposes of this article.
- § 49552 For the purposes of this article, needy children shall be defined as those children who meet federal eligibility criteria for free and reduced price meals as…
- § 49553 (a) A nutritionally adequate meal, for the purposes of this article, is a breakfast or lunch as defined in Section 49531 that qualifies for reimbursement under…
- § 49554 Any school district or county superintendent of schools which has had no food service employees since July 1, 1977, or has inadequate or no food preparation…
- § 49556 The Superintendent shall supervise the implementation of this article and shall investigate acts of alleged noncompliance. If the Superintendent finds that a…
- § 49557 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district and the county superintendent of schools shall make paper applications for free or reduced-price meals…
- § 49557.1 In making available to pupils the application for participation in the free or reduced-price meal program provided for under subdivision (a) of Section 49557,…
- § 49557.2 (a) (1) At the option of the school district or county superintendent, and to the extent necessary to implement Section 14005.41 of the Welfare and…
- § 49557.3 (a) Each school district or county office of education, at its option, may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local agency that determines…
- § 49557.4 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 49076, 49557.3, and 49558, and accompanying regulations, the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social…
- § 49557.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school, school district, county office of education, or charter school. (b) (1) A local…
- § 49557.6 Notwithstanding Sections 49076, 49557.3, and 49558, and accompanying regulations, the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social Services…
- § 49558 (a) All applications and records concerning any individual made or kept by any public officer or agency in connection with the administration of any provision…
- § 49559 (a) Any school food authority that participates in a federal child nutrition program and is reimbursed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 49501.5 for meals…
- § 49560 The child nutrition programs operated pursuant to Section 49559 shall maintain a data base as specified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for…
- § 49561 (a) The department shall create a computerized data matching system using existing databases from the department and the State Department of Health Care…
- § 49562 (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall develop and implement a process to use the participation data from…
- § 49563 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Buy American provision” means the provision requiring a school food…
- § 49564.3 (a) For purposes of this section, a “high-poverty school” is a school that enrolls pupils in kindergarten or in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and is…
- § 49564.5 In order to ensure optimal access to nutrition, facilitate the use of the federal Community Eligibility Provision (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1759a), and further reduce…