SENATE BILL No. 1189

 

 

May 11, 2004, Introduced by Senators BERNERO, BISHOP, BRATER, McMANUS, HARDIMAN, PATTERSON, CHERRY, SCHAUER, HAMMERSTROM, GOSCHKA, BASHAM, GEORGE, SCOTT, CASSIS, ALLEN, BARCIA, PRUSI, JACOBS, CLARK-COLEMAN, CLARKE, SWITALSKI, OLSHOVE, LELAND and EMERSON and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The revised school code,"                                                  

                                                                                

    (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1271.                             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 1271.  (1) Subject to subsection (8), the board of a                   

                                                                                

2   school district or board of directors of a public school academy            

                                                                                

3   shall adopt and implement a local school nutrition policy not               

                                                                                

4   later than April 1, 2005.  The policy shall apply only to food              

                                                                                

5   and beverage products sold or distributed at school that are not            

                                                                                

6   part of a federally regulated child nutrition program.  Subject             

                                                                                

7   to subsection (7), the local school nutrition policy shall meet             

                                                                                

8   all of the following:                                                       

                                                                                

9       (a) For an elementary or middle school, the policy shall                    

                                                                                

10  prohibit the sale or distribution at school at any time of a food           

                                                                                

11  or beverage that meets any of the following:                                

                                                                                


                                                                                

1                                                                                (i) Is classified by the United States department of                                

                                                                                

2   agriculture as a food of minimal nutritional value (FMNV).                  

                                                                                

3       (ii) More than 30% of the calories are from fat or more than                 

                                                                                

4   10% of the calories are from saturated fat.                                 

                                                                                

5       (iii) Contains 40% or more sugar or other sweetener by                       

                                                                                

6   volume.                                                                     

                                                                                

7       (iv) Is a juice drink containing less than 50% fruit or                      

                                                                                

8   vegetable juice.                                                            

                                                                                

9       (b) For a high school, the policy shall prohibit the sale or                

                                                                                

10  distribution of a food or beverage described in subdivision (a)             

                                                                                

11  at school during school hours.                                              

                                                                                

12      (2) To assist in achieving statewide implementation of the                  

                                                                                

13  state school nutrition policy adopted by the state board, not               

                                                                                

14  later than August 1, 2005, the board of a school district or                

                                                                                

15  board of directors of a public school academy shall establish a             

                                                                                

16  coordinated school health team and a healthy school plan of                 

                                                                                

17  action for the school district or public school academy.  The               

                                                                                

18  school district or public school academy shall submit the healthy           

                                                                                

19  school plan of action to the department.  The coordinated school            

                                                                                

20  health team shall do all of the following:                                  

                                                                                

21      (a) Coordinate the implementation of the healthy school plan                

                                                                                

22  of action and the state board school nutrition policy in the                

                                                                                

23  school district or public school academy.                                   

                                                                                

24      (b) Review and approve the sale and distribution of food and                

                                                                                

25  beverage products at school, except for foods and beverages that            

                                                                                

26  are part of a federally regulated child nutrition program.                  

                                                                                

27  Subject to subsection (8), beginning August 1, 2005, the board of           


                                                                                

1   a school district or board of directors of a public school                  

                                                                                

2   academy shall ensure that a food or beverage product is not sold            

                                                                                

3   or distributed at school unless the sale or distribution has been           

                                                                                

4   approved by the coordinated school health team or the food or               

                                                                                

5   beverage is part of a federally regulated child nutrition                   

                                                                                

6   program.                                                                    

                                                                                

7       (3) The board of a school district or board of directors of a               

                                                                                

8   public school academy shall monitor the school district's or                

                                                                                

9   public school academy's compliance with the local school                    

                                                                                

10  nutrition policy adopted under subsection (1) and with the state            

                                                                                

11  school nutrition policy adopted by the state board.  At least               

                                                                                

12  every 2 years, the board or board of directors shall submit to              

                                                                                

13  the state board a resolution adopted by the board or board of               

                                                                                

14  directors at a board meeting that either confirms that the school           

                                                                                

15  district or public school academy is in compliance with those               

                                                                                

16  policies or describes areas of noncompliance and a plan of action           

                                                                                

17  for achieving compliance.                                                   

                                                                                

18      (4) The director of the school meals office in the department               

                                                                                

19  shall monitor compliance by school districts and public school              

                                                                                

20  academies with local school nutrition policies adopted under                

                                                                                

21  subsection (1) and with the state school nutrition policy adopted           

                                                                                

22  by the state board.  If the director of the school meals office             

                                                                                

23  finds that there are repeated violations of either the local                

                                                                                

24  school nutrition policy adopted under subsection (1) or the state           

                                                                                

25  school nutrition policy in a school district or public school               

                                                                                

26  academy, he or she shall report this finding to the                         

                                                                                

27  superintendent of public instruction.  If, after providing notice           


                                                                                

1   and an opportunity for a hearing, the superintendent of public              

                                                                                

2   instruction finds that there has been a violation of either the             

                                                                                

3   local school nutrition policy adopted under subsection (1) or the           

                                                                                

4   state school nutrition policy in a school district or public                

                                                                                

5   school academy, the superintendent of public instruction may                

                                                                                

6   impose against a school administrator determined to be                      

                                                                                

7   responsible for the violation an administrative fine of not more            

                                                                                

8   than $100.00 for each violation.                                            

                                                                                

9       (5) The director shall advise the attorney general of the                   

                                                                                

10  failure of any person to pay an administrative fine imposed under           

                                                                                

11  this section.  The attorney general shall bring a civil action in           

                                                                                

12  a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the fine.                      

                                                                                

13  Administrative fines collected shall be paid to the state school            

                                                                                

14  aid fund.                                                                   

                                                                                

15      (6) If an administrative fine is imposed against a school                   

                                                                                

16  administrator under this section, the board or board of directors           

                                                                                

17  shall not provide to the school administrator any compensation or           

                                                                                

18  additional work assignment that is intended to reimburse the                

                                                                                

19  school administrator for the administrative fine imposed under              

                                                                                

20  this section or that is intended to allow the school                        

                                                                                

21  administrator to recover the administrative fine imposed under              

                                                                                

22  this section.                                                               

                                                                                

23      (7) This section does not do any of the following, and does                 

                                                                                

24  not require a school nutrition policy under subsection (1) to do            

                                                                                

25  any of the following:                                                       

                                                                                

26      (a) Prohibit a food or beverage described in subsection                     

                                                                                

27  (1)(a) from being sold or distributed in an employee lunchroom or           


                                                                                

1   other area of a school that is inaccessible to pupils.                      

                                                                                

2       (b) Prohibit the distribution of sports drinks approved by                  

                                                                                

3   the school athletic director at a school-sponsored athletic event           

                                                                                

4   or practice occurring at any time.                                          

                                                                                

5       (8) If a school district or public school academy has a                     

                                                                                

6   contract in effect on the effective date of this section that is            

                                                                                

7   inconsistent with the requirements of this section, the school              

                                                                                

8   district or public school academy is not required to implement              

                                                                                

9   the policy under subsection (1) or any other inconsistent                   

                                                                                

10  provision of this section until the expiration of that contract.            

                                                                                

11  Beginning on the effective date of this section, a school                   

                                                                                

12  district or public school academy shall not enter into, renew, or           

                                                                                

13  extend a contract that is inconsistent with the requirements of             

                                                                                

14  this section.                                                               

                                                                                

15      (9) As used in this section, "at school" means in a                         

                                                                                

16  classroom, in a school cafeteria or lunch room, elsewhere on                

                                                                                

17  school premises, on a school bus or other school-related vehicle,           

                                                                                

18  or at a school-sponsored activity or event whether or not it is             

                                                                                

19  held on school premises.