BILL NUMBER: AB 1829	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to add Section 49591 to the Education Code, relating to
school  lunches.   meals. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1829, as amended, Bradford. Schools:  National School
Lunch Program.   school meals: nutritional information.

   Existing law requires the State Department of Education to 
provide information and limited financial assistance to school
districts and county superintendents of schools to encourage
participation in the federal School Breakfast Program and to
ensure that the nutrition levels of meals served to schoolage
children pursuant to the National School Lunch Act  be
  are  of the highest quality and greatest
nutritional value possible.
   Existing law requires each school district and county
superintendent of schools maintaining any kindergarten or any of
grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide for each needy pupil one
nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each
schoolday and defines a nutritionally adequate meal as a breakfast or
lunch that qualifies for reimbursement under the federal child
nutrition program regulations.
   This bill would require a school district participating in the
 federal School Breakfast Program or the  National School
Lunch Program to disseminate specified information regarding the
nutritional content of the reimbursable  breakfasts or 
lunches served as part of  the program   these
programs  in a manner that permits parents and pupils to access
the nutritional information while they access the daily school 
breakfast or  lunch menu, commencing with the 2013-14 school
year. The bill would specify that these requirements apply only to
school districts that, as of January 1, 2013, regularly disseminate
school menu information online or in printed form.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
   (1) There is an increase in the number of overweight children in
California.
   (2) Medical literature documents the severe, lifelong health
consequences of diets high in fat and saturated fat as well as the
health and economic consequences of being overweight or obese.
   (3) The  federal School Breakfast Program and the 
National School Lunch Program can play a critical role in addressing
this health crisis.
   (4) Parental involvement is essential to maximizing the
obesity-prevention potential of the  federal School Breakfast
Program and the  National School Lunch Program.
   (b) Therefore, recognizing the availability of free and readily
accessible nutritional information for entrees and other components
served as part of the  federal School Breakfast Program and the
 National School Lunch Program, it is the intent of the
Legislature that parents be informed if their school district has
adopted guidelines to provide parents with information about the
nutritional content of meals served through  the federal School
Breakfast Program and  the National School Lunch Program.
  SEC. 2.  Section 49591 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   49591.  (a) Commencing with the 2013-14 school year, a school
district participating in the  federal School Breakfast Program
or the  National School Lunch Program shall disseminate
information regarding the nutritional content of the reimbursable
breakfasts or  lunches served as part of  the program.
  these programs. This information shall include,
but is not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) The total number of calories in each meal.
   (2) The total number of grams of saturated fat in each meal.
   (3) The total number of grams of protein in each meal.
   (4) The total number of carbohydrates in each meal.
   (5) The total number of milligrams of sodium in each meal.
   (b) A school district participating in the  federal School
Breakfast Program or the  National School Lunch Program shall
present the information described in subdivision (a) in a manner that
permits parents and pupils to access the nutritional information
while they access the daily school  breakfast or  lunch
menu.
   (c) This section shall apply only to school districts that, as of
January 1, 2013, regularly disseminate school menu information online
or in printed form.