BILL REQ. #:  S-1295.1 

Read first time 02/02/2007.   Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

     AN ACT Relating to foods of minimal nutritional value sold and served on public school campuses; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) Each school district shall ensure that students in elementary schools do not have access to foods of minimal nutritional value except on special occasions or as permitted in subsection (5) of this section.
     (2) Each school district shall ensure that students in middle schools do not have access to foods of minimal nutritional value except after school, at events that take place in the evening, and on special occasions.
     (3) Each school district shall ensure that students in high schools do not have access to foods of minimal nutritional value until one hour after the last lunch period.
     (4) For purposes of this section, "foods of minimal nutritional value" means any foods so defined in Section 210.11 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations and listed in Appendix B of the regulations for the national school lunch program.
     (5) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale or distribution of any food or beverage item through periodic fundraisers by a student, a teacher, or school group when the item is for sale after completion of the school day.