Alhambra USD | 3000 | BP 3550 Business and Noninstructional Operations
Food Service/Child Nutrition Program
The Governing Board recognizes that students need adequate, nourishing food in order to grow, learn and maintain good health. To reinforce the district's nutrition education program, foods available on school premises shall be:
1. Carefully selected so as to contribute to students' nutritional well-being and the prevention of disease
2. Prepared in ways which will appeal to students, retain nutritive quality, and foster healthful eating habits
3. Served in age-appropriate quantities and at reasonable prices
(cf. 3553 - Free and Reduced-Price Meals)
(cf. 3554 - Other Food Sales)
(cf. 6142.8 - Comprehensive Health Education)
The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that the meals offered by the district's food service program meet the nutritional standards and dietary guidelines required for participation in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
The Superintendent or designee shall establish procedures whereby students may participate in the selection of foods of good nutritional quality for school menus. Parents/guardians and faculty are encouraged to also consider nutritional quality and support the district's nutrition education efforts when selecting any snacks which they may donate for occasional class parties.
To the extent permitted under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, students in all grades shall be allowed to decline parts of their meal which they do not intend to consume.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
38080-38103 Cafeterias - establishment and use
45103.5 Contracts for management consulting services; restrictions
49490-49493 School breakfast and lunch programs
49530-49536 Child Nutrition Act of 1974
49540 - 49546 Child care food program
49547-49548.3 Comprehensive nutrition services
49550-49560 Meals for needy students
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
15500-15501 Food sales by student organizations
15510 Mandatory meals for needy students
15530-15535 Nutrition education
15550-15565 School lunch and breakfast programs
15566-15568 California Fresh Start Pilot Program
15575-15578 Requirements for foods and beverages outside federal meals program
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 7
210.1-210.31 National School Lunch Program
220.1-220.21 National School Breakfast Program
Management Resources:
1990 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services, 1990
CDE PROGRAM ADVISORIES
1200.89 Nutrition and Its Partnership with Education, FSB:89/90-6
SBE POLICIES
Nutritional Quality of Foods and Beverages Available in California Public Schools, 1/92
Nutrition Education and Training, 1/92
Establishment of Local Policies on Nutritional Quality of Food and Beverage Sales on Public School Campuses, 1/92
Policy ALHAMBRA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: September 9, 1997 Alhambra, California