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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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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. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 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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