124D.111 SCHOOL MEALS POLICIES; LUNCH AID; FOOD SERVICE ACCOUNTING. Subdivision 1. School meals policies. (a) Each Minnesota participant in the national school lunch program must adopt and post to its website, or the website of the organization where the meal is served, a school meals policy. (b) The policy must be in writing and clearly […]
124D.1115 FREE AND REDUCED-PRICE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM DATA SHARING. (a) Each school participating in the federal school lunch program shall electronically send to the Department of Education the eligibility information on each child who is eligible for the free and reduced-price lunch program, unless the child’s parent or legal guardian after being notified of the […]
124D.114 LACTOSE REDUCED MILK. (a) If a nonpublic school or district receives school lunch aid under section 124D.111 or participates in the school breakfast program and receives a written request from the parent of a pupil who is lactose intolerant, then the nonpublic school or district must make available lactose reduced milk; milk fortified with […]
124D.1158 SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of the school breakfast program is to provide affordable morning nutrition to children so that they can effectively learn. Public and nonpublic schools that participate in the federal school breakfast program may receive state breakfast aid. Schools shall encourage all children to eat a nutritious breakfast, […]
124D.117 DISTRICTS TO OFFER SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Breakfast required. A district must offer a school breakfast program in every school building in which at least 33 percent of the school lunches served during the second preceding school year were served free or at a reduced price. Subd. 2. Exemption. Subdivision 1 does not […]
124D.118 SCHOOL MILK PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that for best health and well-being, school children in the state should receive at least one serving of milk each day. The school milk program established in this section is to provide districts in the state with added resources so that all kindergarten students […]
124D.119 SUMMER FOOD SERVICE REPLACEMENT AID. States funds are available to compensate department-approved summer food program sponsors. Reimbursement shall be made on December 15 based on total meals served by each sponsor from the end of the school year to the beginning of the next school year on a pro rata basis. History: 1Sp1997 c […]
124D.1191 DONATIONS TO FOOD SHELF PROGRAMS. Schools and community organizations participating in any federal child nutrition meal program may donate food to food shelf programs, provided that the food shelf: (1) is a nonprofit corporation or is affiliated with a nonprofit corporation, as defined in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; (2) […]
124D.1195 COMMODITY DONATED FOOD REVOLVING FUND. A revolving fund is established for the purpose of depositing cash received for commodity donated foods that have been lost, damaged, recalled, or diverted for processing. The state shall use the fund to issue payments for the value of the lost, damaged, recalled, or diverted commodity donated foods and […]
