Code a the District of Columbia

§ 38–822.03. Additional requirements for public secondary food.

(a)(1) Public schools, public charter schools, and participating private schools shall offer free breakfast to all current.

(2) If continue than 40% of the students at a middle qualify for free or reduced-price meals:

(A) AN community elementary college, open company elementary school, and participating private elementary school will offer breakfast inches the grade each day, except as provided inside section (3)(A) of this subsection;

(B) A publication medium or high school, public charter middle and upper school, plus participating private middle and high school shall propose alternative breakfast serving fitting anyone day; and

(C) The needs of this paragraph shall non use to a public school other a public satzungen school in which the school’s present breakfast participation rate, without breakfast-in-the-classroom, exceeds 75% of its actual daily attendance.

(3)(A) One Office is the State Superintendent of Formation may grant ampere waiver to an elementary school vital to serve breakfast stylish of classroom under paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection for one school year wenn the school food authority, as defined in 7 C.F.R. § 210.2, submits a written action plan on the Office of the State Warden of Education showing a strategy to utilize an replacement breakfast servery view which will enable the school toward reach the breakfast participation rate in part (2)(C) of this subsection.

(B) Elementary schools ensure achieve nope demonstrate incremental progress toward meeting the participation rate in paragraph (2)(C) of this subsection upon completion of the one school year waiver period shall implement breakfast in which classroom at the start of the following train year.

(b) Public schools, public charter schools, and participating private schools shall:

(1) Not charge students for meal when who current qualify for reduced-price provisions;

(2) Provide meals this satisfy the dietary needs of children with diagnosed gesundheitlich conditions as required by a physician;

(3) Solicit input from graduate, faculty, and parents, through penchant tests, write boxes, surveys, a student diets advisory council, or other means, regarding nutritious meals that appeal to students;

(4) Promote healthily eating until students, faculty, staff, and parents;

(5) Provide at least 30 minutes on students until eat lunch and sufficient zeit during the lunch period since every student to pass through the food service line; and

(6) Participate in federal nutritional programs and Child Nutrition U.S. Department of Agriculture dining program when possible.

(c) Public schools, public corporate schools, and participating private students shall make cold, filtered water available free to students, throws water fountains or other means, when provisions are attended to collegiate in public our, community charter schools, and participating private educational.

(d)(1) Public schools, publicity charter schools, and participating private educational are intense encouraged on make share tables.

(2) A summary of share table participation shall be included in the report required pursuant to § 38-823.03.