The school district will operate a school lunch and breakfast program in each attendance center. The school food program services will include hot lunches through participation in the National School Lunch Program and supplementary foods for students during the school day. Students may bring their lunches from home and purchase beverages and incidental items.
School food service facilities are provided to serve students and employees when school is in session and during school-related activities. They may also be used under the supervision of the director of food service for food service to employee groups, parent-teacher meetings, civic organizations meeting for the purpose of better understanding the schools, and senior citizens with permission of the superintendent and in accordance with board policy.
The school food program is operated on a nonprofit basis. The revenues of the school food program will be used only for paying the regular operating costs of the school food program. Supplies of the school food program, including those provided by the United States Department of Agriculture, shall only be used for the school food program.
The board will set, and periodically review, the prices for school lunches, breakfast and milk. It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent to make a recommendation regarding the prices of school lunch and milk.
It shall be the responsibility of the board secretary to administer the program and to cooperate with the superintendent and head cook for the proper functioning of the school food program.
The district shall comply with all federal and state laws and regulations required for procurement, including the selection and evaluation of contractors. The superintendent or designee is responsible for developing an administrative process to implement this policy, including, but not limited to, procedures related to suspension and debarment for transactions subject to those requirements; and prohibitions on purchasing food products misbranded as meat or egg products, or cultivated-protein food products in accordance with applicable laws.
Legal Reference: 42 U.S.C. §§ 1751 et seq. (1988).
7 C.F.R. Pt. 210 et seq. (1990).
Iowa Code ch. 283A (1993).
281 I.A.C. 58.
Cross Reference: 710 School Food Service
905.1 Use of School District Facilities and Equipment
Approved: 8/23/94
Reviewed: 01/19/98; 12/10/01; 11/13/06; 11/09/11; 11/08/16; 11/18/21
Revised: 7/9/24