1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; providing additional funding for local and 
1.3 	healthy school lunches; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.111, 
1.4 	subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.111, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.School lunch aid computation. (a) Each school year, the state must 
1.9 	pay participants in the national school lunch program the amount of 12 cents for each full 
1.10 	paid, reduced, and free student lunch served to students.
1.11 	(b) A district is eligible for an additional 15 cents for each full-paid, reduced, and 
1.12 	free student lunch served to students in the district if the district's school lunch program 
1.13 	exceeds federal nutrition standards and promotes healthier food choices by implementing 
1.14 	the following:
1.15 	(1) offering at least three different fruits and vegetables as part of the daily lunch 
1.16 	menu, at least one of which must be fresh;
1.17 	(2) offering at least one whole grain item as part of the lunch menu at least three 
1.18 	days each week;
1.19 	(3) offering healthier a la carte choices, including 100 percent fruit or vegetable 
1.20 	juices, water, fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain snack foods, and low-fat dairy 
1.21 	products; 
1.22 	(4) offering skim or one percent milk; and 
1.23 	(5) performing an annual evaluation of the school lunch program by reviewing all 
1.24 	menu and a la carte items using local and national guidelines.
2.1 	(c) Each month, a district is eligible for an additional five cents for each full-paid, 
2.2 	reduced, and free student lunch served to students in the district if a majority of the 
2.3 	ingredients purchased in that month were grown or produced in the state of Minnesota. To 
2.4 	receive this extra money, the district must be able to satisfactorily document that a majority 
2.5 	of the ingredients used that month were grown or produced in the state of Minnesota.

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2010 and later.

2.7 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.8 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
2.9 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
2.10 	designated.
2.11 		Subd. 2.Nutrition enhancement program. For the nutrition enhancement funding 
2.12 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, subdivision 1, paragraph (b):

2.13		$
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	2010
	
2.14		$
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	2011