| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to school food service programs; amending |
| 3 | s. 1006.06, F.S.; requiring district school board plans to |
| 4 | eliminate the sale or use of products containing high- |
| 5 | fructose corn syrup from school food service programs and |
| 6 | on school grounds; requiring Department of Education |
| 7 | approval of plans, monitoring of plan implementation, and |
| 8 | reporting; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Subsection (6) is added to section 1006.06, |
| 13 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 14 | 1006.06 School food service programs.-- |
| 15 | (6) By January 1, 2007, each district school board shall |
| 16 | submit to the department a plan to eliminate the sale or use of |
| 17 | products containing high-fructose corn syrup from school food |
| 18 | service programs and on school grounds. The plan must contain a |
| 19 | schedule to accomplish the elimination of products containing |
| 20 | high-fructose corn syrup by July 1, 2007, and must be approved |
| 21 | by the department. The department shall monitor the |
| 22 | implementation of each district school board's plan and provide |
| 23 | a report on such implementation to the President of the Senate |
| 24 | and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1, |
| 25 | 2008, and annually thereafter. |
| 26 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |