1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring school boards to
1.3 	formally adopt and implement a policy about purchasing
1.4 	and using irradiated food in food service programs;
1.5 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.02,
1.6 	subdivision 13.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.02,
1.9 	subdivision 13, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 13.School lunches; irradiated food. (a) The board
1.11 	may furnish school lunches for pupils and teachers on such terms
1.12 	as it determines.
1.13 	(b) Before a district or charter school purchases
1.14 	irradiated food or uses irradiated food in a food service
1.15 	program, the district or school governing board at a regularly
1.16 	scheduled board meeting must formally adopt a policy on
1.17 	purchasing and using irradiated food in its food service
1.18 	program.  Any policy a board adopts under this paragraph must
1.19 	include requirements to:
1.20 	(1) notify parents of students at least 30 days before
1.21 	initially purchasing irradiated food in a food service program;
1.22 	(2) clearly identify all school lunch menu items by the
1.23 	phrase "treated with irradiation" where applicable; and 
1.24 	(3) separate all irradiated food items from "nonirradiated"
1.25 	food items served to students at a school meal or snack or
1.26 	otherwise available for students to purchase or consume.
2.1 	"Irradiated food" under this paragraph means food that has
2.2 	been exposed to ionizing radiation.