A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to ensure that child nutrition PROGRAMS operating in the public SCHOOLS have adequate funds to implement nutrition standards adopted by the state board of education for elementary schools, as recommended by the Joint legislative education oversight committee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year to enable child nutrition programs in the public schools to implement nutrition standards adopted by the State Board of Education for elementary schools.  These funds shall be allotted to each local school administrative unit based on the number of reimbursable meals served to students in elementary schools.  These funds shall be disbursed on a monthly basis through the Child Nutrition Technology System, based on a monthly claim for reimbursement.  Local school administrative units shall use these funds to implement the nutrition standards as adopted by the State Board of Education in elementary schools and to improve the overall operation of its child nutrition program.  These funds may be used only to purchase food, equipment, and supplies and to pay the salaries and benefits of child nutrition personnel directly involved in the preparation and service of food to students.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.