(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to expend in each fiscal year, within available appropriations, an amount equal to (1) the money required pursuant to the matching requirements of said federal laws and shall disburse the same in accordance with said laws, and (2) ten cents per lunch served in the prior school year in accordance with said laws by any local or regional board of education, the Technical Education and Career System or governing authority of a state charter school, interdistrict magnet school or endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34 that participates in the National School Lunch Program and certifies pursuant to section 10-215f, as amended by public act 17-237, that the nutrition Standard established by the Department of Education pursuant to section 10-215e shall be met.

Not later than August 1, 2006, and January first of each year thereafter, the Department of Education shall publish a set of nutrition Standard for food items offered for sale to students at schools. Such Standard shall not apply to food sold as part of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program unless such items are purchased separately from a school lunch or breakfast that is reimbursable under such program.

(a) Each local and regional board of education, the Technical Education and Career System, and the governing authority for each state charter school, interdistrict magnet school and endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34 that participates in the National School Lunch Program shall certify in its annual application to the Department of Education for school lunch funding whether, during the school year for which such application is submitted, all food items made available for sale to students in schools under its jurisdiction and not exempted from the nutrition Standard published by the Department of Education pursuant to section 10-215e will meet said Standard. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, such certification shall include food not exempted from said nutrition Standard and offered for sale to students at all times, and from all sources, including, but not limited to, school stores, vending machines, school cafeterias, and any fundraising activities on school premises, whether or not school sponsored.

Each local and regional board of education and governing authority for each state charter school, interdistrict magnet school and endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34, shall make available in the schools under its jurisdiction for purchase by students enrolled in such schools nutritious and low-fat foods, which shall include, but shall not be limited to, low-fat dairy products and fresh or dried fruit at all times when food is available for purchase by students in such schools during the regular school day.

This guide provides comprehensive information and resources to help public schools that implement the Healthy Food Certification option comply with federal and state requirements to sell and give competitive foods to students only at certain times and only if they meet specific nutrition Standard.

This guide provides comprehensive information and resources to help public schools that do not implement the Healthy Food Certification option comply with federal and state requirements to sell and give competitive foods to students only at certain times and only if they meet specific nutrition Standard.

(a) No school food authority shall permit the sale or dispensing to students of extra food items anywhere on the school premises from thirty minutes prior to the start of any state or federally subsidized milk or food service program until thirty minutes after any such program.

(b) "Extra food items" means tea, coffee, soft drinks and candy.

(c) "School food authority" means the governing body which has the legal authority to operate one or more school feeding programs and receive state or federal subsidies for the operation of any such program.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the department of corrections.