Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215h

Current with legislation from 2024 effective through June 5, 2024.
Section 10-215h - Child nutrition outreach program
(a) The Department of Education shall administer, within available appropriations, a child nutrition outreach program to increase (1) participation in the federal School Breakfast Program, federal Summer Food Service Program and federal Child and Adult Care Food Program; and (2) federal reimbursement for such programs.
(b) The child nutrition outreach program shall:
(1) Encourage schools to (A) participate in the federal School Breakfast Program; (B) employ innovative breakfast service methods where students eat their breakfast in their classrooms or elsewhere after school starts, rather than only before school and only in the cafeteria; and (C) apply to the in-classroom breakfast grant program pursuant to section 10-215g;
(2)
(A) Encourage local and regional school districts to sponsor Summer Food Service Program sites;
(B) recruit other sponsors of such sites; and
(C) make grants to site sponsors to assist them in increasing child participation;
(3) Encourage child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes, as such terms are described in section 19a-77, to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; and
(4) Publicize the availability of federally funded child nutrition programs throughout the state.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215h

( P.A. 10-133, S. 6; P.A. 16-163, S. 28.)

Amended by P.A. 16-0163, S. 28 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 6/9/2016.
Added by P.A. 10-0133, S. 6 of the February 2010 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2010.

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