1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; providing additional
1.3 	funding for school lunches; appropriating money;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.111,
1.5 	subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.111,
1.8 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subdivision 1.School lunch aid computation. (a) Each
1.10 	school year, the state must pay districts participating in the
1.11 	national school lunch program the amount of eight cents for each
1.12 	full paid, reduced, and free student lunch served to students in
1.13 	the district.
1.14 	(b) A district is eligible for an additional ten cents for
1.15 	each full-paid, reduced, and free student lunch served to
1.16 	students in the district if the district's school lunch program
1.17 	exceeds federal nutrition standards and promotes healthier food
1.18 	choices by implementing the following:
1.19 	(1) offering at least three different fruits and vegetables
1.20 	as part of the daily lunch menu, at least one of which must be
1.21 	fresh;
1.22 	(2) offering at least one whole grain item as part of the
1.23 	lunch menu at least three days each week;
1.24 	(3) offering healthier a la carte choices, including 100
1.25 	percent fruit or vegetable juices, water, fresh fruits and
2.1 	vegetables, whole grain snack foods, and low-fat dairy products;
2.2 	(4) offering skim or one percent milk;
2.3 	(5) encouraging increased consumption of low-fat milk by
2.4 	one of the following methods:
2.5 	(i) offering milk in attractive, modern packaging;
2.6 	(ii) serving milk at its optimal temperature;
2.7 	(iii) displaying milk in convenient locations; or 
2.8 	(iv) offering flavored milk; and 
2.9 	(6) performing an annual evaluation of the school lunch
2.10 	program by reviewing all menu and a la carte items using local
2.11 	and national guidelines, including those recommended by Action
2.12 	for Healthy Kids in Minnesota in the report Healthy Foods for
2.13 	Kids:  Guidelines for Good Nutrition at School.
2.14 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year
2.15 	2006 and thereafter.

2.16 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.17 		Subdivision 1.Department of education. The sums
2.18 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund
2.19 	to the Department of Education for the fiscal years designated.
2.20 		Subd. 2.Nutrition enhancement program. For the
2.21 	nutrition enhancement funding according to Minnesota Statutes,
2.22 	section 124D.111, subdivision 1, paragraph (b):
2.23 	$.,...,........2006 
2.24 	$.,...,........2007