8.44 Summer Nutrition Program

I. The District shall develop a plan to sponsor a summer nutrition program. One (1) site shall be within five (5) miles of a school that serves any combination of grades kindergarten through 5 at which fifty percent (50%) of the students qualify for free or reduced price school meals and shall operate for thirty-five (35) days between the end of the school year and the beginning of the next school year. The remaining sites shall be within ten (10) miles of each school that serves any combination of grades kindergarten through 5 at which fifty percent (50%) of the students qualify for free or reduced price school meals. The Superintendent may collaborate with governmental agencies and not-for-profit entities in implementing this plan.

II. The School Board may seek an exemption from sponsoring a summer nutrition program as provided by law. Annually the School Board shall reconsider the decision to be exempt from providing a summer nutrition program. The School Board shall notify the commissioner within ten (10) days of the decision to continue the exemption.

Statuary Authority

Law(s) Implemented

State Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Rules

History

Notes

595.405(1)1001.42(16), F.S. 

595.405, 595.407, 1001.42(16), F.S. 

5P-1.001, 5P-1.003

ADOPTED: 05/02/06

REVISION DATE(S): 11/05/13, 11/06/18

FORMERLY: NEW