California Education Code ARTICLE 11.5 - The California Fresh Start Pilot Program

• Section 49565.
  (a) There is hereby established within the department the California Fresh Start Pilot Program to provide fresh fruits and vegetable for public school pupils. This program...
• Section 49565.1.
  (a) School districts and charter schools may apply for funding, appropriated for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or in another statute, for...
• Section 49565.2.
  The funds described in subdivision (a) of Section 49565.1 may be combined with other funding sources to ensure that at least one serving per day...
• Section 49565.3.
  Sites that already offer two servings of nutritious fruits or vegetables for breakfast may be reimbursed at ten cents ($0.10) per meal for providing nutritious...
• Section 49565.4.
  School districts and charter schools that do not operate school breakfast programs are encouraged to apply for funding to establish breakfast programs using funds appropriated...
• Section 49565.5.
  Specific strategies for the provision of one to two servings of nutritious fruits or vegetables, or both, may include, but not be limited to, one...
• Section 49565.6.
  As a condition of receipt of funds, schoolsites participating in this program shall include tasting and sampling of nutritious fruits and vegetables as part of...
• Section 49565.7.
  Of the funds appropriated for this purpose in Schedule (9) of Item 6110-485 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2005 (Ch. 38, Stats....
• Section 49565.8.
  The department, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, the State Department of Health Services, and the State Board of Education, shall do...

Last modified: October 22, 2018