Full Text of SB2898 93rd General Assembly
SB2898 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2898
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Iris Y. Martinez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/10-20.39 new |
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105 ILCS 5/34-18.30 new |
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Amends the School Code. Sets requirements for competitive foods served as part of the school food program. Competitive foods are those that compete with the basic nutritional meals that are a part of the school lunch program prepared in the school cafeteria. Requires the State Board to prepare and distribute a list of products that meet the guidelines. Effective September 1, 2004.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2898 |
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LRB093 18574 NHT 47000 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 |
| 10-20.39 and 34-18.30 as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.39 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 10-20.39. Competitive foods.
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| (a) A school
board shall require that all competitive foods | 9 |
| that are served as part of the school food program meet the | 10 |
| following guidelines: | 11 |
| (1) Beverages must be (i) fruit-based drinks that | 12 |
| contain at least 50% fruit juice and no added sweeteners, | 13 |
| (ii) water or seltzer water, or (iii) low-fat or fat-free | 14 |
| milk, including without limitation chocolate milk, soy | 15 |
| milk, rice milk, and other similar dairy or non-dairy | 16 |
| calcium-fortified milk. | 17 |
| (2) A snack must have (i) 30% or less of its total | 18 |
| calories from fat, (iii) 10% or less of total calories from | 19 |
| saturated and trans fat, and (iii) 35% or less of its | 20 |
| weight from sugars, excluding sugars occurring naturally | 21 |
| in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products.
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| (b) "Competitive food" means food offered at school, other | 23 |
| than meals served through the United States Department of | 24 |
| Agriculture's school lunch, school breakfast, and after-school | 25 |
| snack programs.
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| (c) To assist in the implementation of this program, the | 27 |
| State Board of Education, before the beginning of each school | 28 |
| year, shall prepare and make available to school districts a | 29 |
| list of products that meet these standards.
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.30 new) | 31 |
| Sec. 34-18.30. Competitive foods. |
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| (a) The
board shall require that all competitive foods that | 2 |
| are served as part of the school food program meet the | 3 |
| following guidelines: | 4 |
| (1) Beverages must be (i) fruit-based drinks that | 5 |
| contain at least 50% fruit juice and no added sweeteners, | 6 |
| (ii) water or seltzer water, or (iii) low-fat or fat-free | 7 |
| milk, including without limitation chocolate milk, soy | 8 |
| milk, rice milk, and other similar dairy or non-dairy | 9 |
| calcium-fortified milk.
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| (2) A snack must have (i) 30% or less of its total | 11 |
| calories from fat, (iii) 10% or less of total calories from | 12 |
| saturated and trans fat, and (iii) 35% or less of its | 13 |
| weight from sugars, excluding sugars occurring naturally | 14 |
| in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products.
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| (b) "Competitive food" means food offered at school, other | 16 |
| than meals served through the United States Department of | 17 |
| Agriculture's school lunch, school breakfast, and after-school | 18 |
| snack programs.
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| (c) To assist in the implementation of this program, the | 20 |
| State Board of Education, before the beginning of each school | 21 |
| year, shall prepare and make available to school districts a | 22 |
| list of products that meet these standards.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect September | 24 |
| 1, 2004.
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