BILL NUMBER: AB 2367	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  428
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 51798 to the Education Code, relating to
school gardens.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2367, Bonilla. School gardens: sale of produce.
   Existing law establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program
for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school
gardens. Under existing law, a school district, charter school, or
county office of education may apply to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction for funding for a 3-year grant in order to develop and
maintain an instructional school garden. Existing law limits the
grants to a maximum of $2,500 per schoolsite, except as provided.
   This bill would authorize a school district, charter school, or
county office of education to sell produce grown in a school garden,
regardless of whether the school participates in the Instructional
School Gardens Program, if the school district, charter school, or
county office of education complies with applicable federal, state,
and local health and safety requirements for the production,
processing, and distribution of the produce.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 51798 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   51798.  A school district, charter school, or county office of
education that is operating a school garden may sell produce grown in
the school garden, regardless of whether the school participates in
the Instructional School Gardens Program, if the school district,
charter school, or county office of education complies with
applicable federal, state, and local health and safety requirements
for the production, processing, and distribution of the produce.