2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 158 CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS
158.856 Annual assessment and evaluation of school nutrition in district -- Special board meeting and public forum to discuss nutrition and physical activity in the schools -- School district to prepare and submit findings and recommendations to Board of Education.
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board meeting and public forum to discuss nutrition and physical activity in
the schools -- School district to prepare and submit findings and
recommendations to Board of Education.
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Each school food service director shall annually assess school nutrition in the
district and issue a written report to parents, the local school board, and schoolbased decision making councils. The report shall include:
(a) An evaluation of compliance with the National School Breakfast and National
School Lunch programs;
(b) An evaluation of the availability of contracted fast foods or foods sold through
commercial vendors;
(c) A review of access to foods and beverages sold outside the National School
Breakfast and National School Lunch programs, including vending machines,
school stores, canteens, and a la carte cafeteria sales;
(d) A list of foods and beverages that are available to students, including the
nutritional value of those foods and beverages; and
(e) Recommendations for improving the school nutrition environment.
The Kentucky Board of Education shall develop an assessment tool that each school
district may use to evaluate its physical activity environment.
The evaluation shall be completed annually and released to the public at the time of
the release of the nutrition report under subsection (1) of this section.
Each school board shall discuss the findings of the nutrition report and physical
activity report and seek public comments during a publicly advertised special board
meeting or at the next regularly scheduled board meeting following the release of
the nutrition and physical activity reports.
By January 31 of each year, the local board of education shall hold an advertised
public forum to present a plan to improve school nutrition and physical activities in
the school district.
Each school district shall compile a summary of findings and recommendations and
submit the summary to the Kentucky Board of Education.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 5, effective June 20, 2005.
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