Schools: school meals: nutritional information.

Existing law requires the State Department of Education to provide information and limited financial assistance to school districts and county superintendents of schools to encourage participation in the federal School Breakfast Program and to ensure that the nutrition levels of meals served to schoolage children pursuant to the National School Lunch Act are of the highest quality and greatest nutritional value possible. Existing law requires each school district and county superintendent of schools maintaining any kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide for each needy pupil one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each schoolday and defines a nutritionally adequate meal as a breakfast or lunch that qualifies for reimbursement under the federal child nutrition program regulations. This bill would require a school district participating in the federal School Breakfast Program or the National School Lunch Program to disseminate specified information regarding the nutritional content of the reimbursable breakfasts or lunches served as part of these programs in a manner that permits parents and pupils to access the nutritional information while they access the daily school breakfast or lunch menu, commencing with the 2013–14 school year. The bill would specify that these requirements apply only to school districts that, as of January 1, 2013, regularly disseminate school menu information online or in printed form.