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HB19-1132

School Incentives To Use Colorado Food And Producers

Concerning Colorado food products in schools, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Session:
2019 Regular Session
Subjects:
Agriculture
Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Bill Summary

Colorado food - school grant program - nonprofit grant program - appropriation. The act establishes a grant program in the department of education (CDE) to encourage providers that are entitled to federal money for lunches for students (participating providers) to purchase food products from Colorado growers, producers, and processors (Colorado food). The grant program reimburses participating providers for the amount of Colorado food that the provider purchased in the previous school year. The act caps the reimbursements at $500,000 per year.

The act establishes a separate program in CDE to make a grant to a nonprofit organization to make grants to entities that promote the sale of Colorado food to schools and to eligible providers to encourage the purchase of Colorado food. The nonprofit organization is required to conduct an annual evaluation and report to CDE.

For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $168,942 from the general fund to CDE for the school purchasing programs.


(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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Introduced
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