Relating to: prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food containing certain ingredients in free or reduced-price meals.

SB 228 would prohibit public schools (including charter schools) and private schools participating in specific parental choice programs from serving school meals containing certain ingredients. It directly affects all schools providing meals under these programs by banning specific food components in every meal served, not just free or reduced-price options. The bill's key mechanism is a blanket restriction on meals containing the prohibited ingredients, applying to both public and participating private schools. This is a pending legislative proposal (not yet law) that would require schools to adjust meal menus to comply with the ingredient restrictions.