On Thursday, HB 1335 passed House Education amended and was referred to House Appropriations.  Unlike the first bill that was proposed (HB 1066), which would have made CDE a food service provider, this bill simply authorizes each BOCES to take on the task of food service if the members of that BOCES so choose.  It also creates the BOCES Healthy Food Grant Program within CDE to: (1) Make grants available to BOCES that maintain, equip, and operate food-service facilities as school food authorities; and (2) require each BOCES that receives a grant from the program to procure and distribute to schools of its constituent school districts only food and beverages that satisfy certain nutritional standards.

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