School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policy grant program to begin:

$4 million is allotted for a financial incentive program for grants to schools to develop nutrition and physical activity policies. An additional $1 million will be given to CDE to design and implement the program.

Funding for monitoring and reporting: $500,000 is available for schools to monitor and report on the implementation of the nutrition standards and the pilot projects.

Pilot programs to begin CDE to establish a three year voluntary pilot program for a total of 10 middle or high schools or any combination of the two to implement the nutrition standards. High schools participating in the pilot programs will receive an increase in the meal reimbursement of .10 per meal served for FRP meals only. All schools participating in the pilot program will be eligible for a one of the policy development grants described above.

Elementary schools must meet new nutrition standards: Food sold in elementary schools can only be full meals during breakfast and lunch. Items sold during specified breaks must meet certain standards. Carbonated beverages cannot be sold at elementary schools. Foods that do not meet these standards can be sold for fundraising activities on campus ½ hour after the end of the school day and

Middle schools cannot sell soda until after lunch: No sale of carbonated beverages allowed on campus until after the last lunch period. They do NOT have to meet the new standards that will be implemented in elementary schools.

Department of Education (CDE) shall monitor the implementation of the nutrition standards and the effect of these standards on school districts and students.

Elementary schools and middle schools will get more state money for school meals. All elementary schools and middle schools will receive an increased state meal reimbursement

(from .13 to .23) per FRP meal served and will have the paid meal reimbursement reinstated (currently there is none – it will be .10).

School districts to designate person to approve foods sold in school. Requires the sale of all foods on school grounds in elementary and middle schools and at schools participating in the pilot programs to be approved by a person designated by the school district.

From the wording of the bill, it is unclear whether or not foods sold during meal times at elementary schools must be full meals or if individual food items can also be sold during meal times as long as they meet the nutrition standards in the bill.

Does not address the larger problem of competitive food sales – middle and high schools. Does not eliminate competitive foods in elementary schools.

There is very little money for CDE to conduct the monitoring. Does not address the need for more frequent monitoring in general of school meal programs by CDE and does not provide for any increase in or different penalties than exist under current law if standards are not met.

No money is allocated to establish these pilot programs and no evaluation piece is set up. There is no incentive for middle schools to participate in the pilot programs as they will already be receiving the meal reimbursement under the provisions of this bill. There is no provision for high schools participating in the pilots to receive reimbursement for the paid meals. Although the pilot projects are to begin in the 2002-03 school year, it is unclear if funding in the current bill also includes the meal reimbursement for the pilot programs.

Does not give the approval to the school food service – many administrators are not familiar with nutrition standards. No provision exists for monitoring the sale of foods that do not comply with these standards, which are allowed to be sold on a limited basis for fundraising activities.