Virginia Administrative Code
Title 8 - EDUCATION
Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chapter 740 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS FOR COMPETITIVE FOODS AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Section 8VAC20-740-40 - Implementation and compliance
Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 16, March 25, 2024
A. Each local school board shall incorporate and adopt the nutrition standards in this chapter as a compulsory component of the division wide local wellness policy mandated by federal regulation for all local education agencies that participate in the national school lunch program. In addition to incorporating the nutrition standards for competitive foods, the local wellness policy shall (i) establish and identify school division leadership with the authority to enforce the local wellness policy throughout the school campus; (ii) establish specific goals for nutrition promotion, nutrition education, physical activities, and other school-based activities that promote wellness; and (iii) establish policies that address marketing and advertising of only foods that meet the nutrition standards for competitive foods, serve to promote student health, prevent childhood obesity, and combat problems associated with poor nutrition and physical inactivity.
B. Local educational agencies and school food authorities must retain the records used to document compliance with this chapter; that is, the documentation used to assess the nutritional profile of the food item and determine whether a food item is an allowable competitive food (e.g., the nutrition labels, recipes, or product specifications).
Statutory Authority: § 22.1-207.4 of the Code of Virginia.