SB 43 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
04/10
SENATE BILL 43
This bill provides that a minimum of 30 minutes per meal shall be allotted to public school pupils exclusively for the consumption of the meal.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0757
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the length of time allotted for school children to consume meals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Boards, Teachers; Food and Nutrition Programs; Minimum Time Period for Consumption of Meal. Amend RSA 189:11-a, I to read as follows:
I. Each school board shall make [a meal] meals available during school hours to every pupil under its jurisdiction. Such meals shall be served without cost or at a reduced cost to any needy child who is unable to pay the full cost of said meals. The state board of education shall insure compliance with this section and shall establish minimum nutritional standards for such meals and shall further establish income guidelines setting forth the minimum family size annual income levels to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals. The state board of education shall further establish a minimum time period of not less than 30 minutes per meal exclusively for the consumption of the meal. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the operation of both a breakfast and lunch program in the same school. Further any requirement of this section which conflicts with any federal statute or regulation may be waived by the state board of education.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.