2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 22 - Education
General and Administrative
Article 5 - Boards of Cooperative Services Act of 1965
§ 22-5-120. School food authority operations - contracts for provision of food and beverages
(1) Each board of cooperative services is authorized to maintain, equip, and operate a food-service facility as a school food authority, as defined in section 22-32-120 (8).
(2) Each board of cooperative services that elects to operate as a school food authority is encouraged to procure and distribute to schools of its constituent school districts food and beverages that:
(a) Satisfy nutritional standards established by the United States department of agriculture; and
(b) Have been locally grown or produced.
(3) Each board of cooperative services that elects to operate as a school food authority may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations to facilitate its operations as a school food authority; except that a board of cooperative services shall not accept a gift, grant, or donation if it is subject to conditions that are inconsistent with this article or any other law of the state.
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