HB 0077 2004
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to school food service programs; amending
3    s. 1006.06, F.S.; requiring each district school board to
4    ensure that only beverages meeting certain criteria are
5    sold or distributed in schools in the school district;
6    providing an effective date.
7         
8          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
9         
10          Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 1006.06, Florida
11    Statutes, is amended to read:
12          1006.06 School food service programs.--
13          (3)(a)Each district school board shall consider the
14    recommendations of the district school superintendent and adopt
15    policies to provide for an appropriate food and nutrition
16    program for students consistent with federal law and State Board
17    of Education rule.
18          (b) Each district school board shall ensure that only the
19    following beverages are sold or distributed in the school
20    district's elementary, middle, and high schools:
21          1. Water without additives.
22          2. Low-fat, reduced-fat, and fat-free milk, including, but
23    not limited to, chocolate milk, strawberry milk, soy milk,
24    nondairy milk, and rice milk.
25          3. Fruit-based beverages that are composed of no less than
26    50 percent fruit juice.
27          4. Beverages with no added sugar content.
28          5. Noncaffeinated beverages.
29          Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.