2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [33] XXXIII EDUCATION - LIBRARIES
Chapter 3313: BOARDS OF EDUCATION
3313.816 Sale of a la carte beverage items.

No public or chartered nonpublic school shall permit the sale of a la carte beverage items other than the following during the regular and extended school day:

(A) For a school in which the majority of grades offered are in the range from kindergarten to grade four:

(1) Water;

(2) Milk;

(3) Eight ounces or less of one hundred per cent fruit juice, or a one hundred per cent fruit juice and water blend with no added sweeteners, that contains not more than one hundred sixty calories per eight ounces.

(B) For a school in which the majority of grades offered are in the range from grade five to grade eight:

(1) Water;

(2) Milk;

(3) Ten ounces or less of one hundred per cent fruit juice, or a one hundred per cent fruit juice and water blend with no added sweeteners, that contains not more than one hundred sixty calories per eight ounces.

(C) For a school in which the majority of grades offered are in the range from grade nine to grade twelve:

(1) Water;

(2) Milk;

(3) Twelve ounces or less of one hundred per cent fruit juice, or a one hundred per cent fruit juice and water blend with no added sweeteners, that contains not more than one hundred sixty calories per eight ounces;

(4) Twelve ounces or less of any beverage that contains not more than sixty-six calories per eight ounces;

(5) Any size of a beverage that contains not more than ten calories per eight ounces, which may include caffeinated beverages and beverages with added sweeteners, carbonation, or artificial flavoring.

(D) Each public and chartered nonpublic school shall require at least fifty per cent of the a la carte beverage items available for sale from each of the following sources during the regular and extended school day to be water or other beverages that contain not more than ten calories per eight ounces:

(1) A school food service program;

(2) A vending machine located on school property that does not sell only milk or reimbursable meals;

(3) A store operated by the school, a student association, or other school-sponsored organization.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 28, HB 153, § 101.01, eff. 9/29/2011.

Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 49, SB 210, § 1, eff. 7/1/2011.