California Assembly Bill AB2367 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2367AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonilla FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to add Section 51798 to the Education Code, relating to school gardens. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2367, as amended, Bonilla.  Instructional school   School  gardens: sale of  surplus  produce. Existing law establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens. Under existing law, a school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for funding for a 3-year grant in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. Existing law limits the grants to a maximum of $2,500 per schoolsite, except as provided. This bill would authorize a school district, charter school, or county office of education to sell  surplus  produce grown in  an instructional   a  school garden  , regardless of whether the school participates in the Instructional School Gardens Program  . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 51798 is added to the Education Code, to read: 51798. A school district, charter school, or county office of education that is operating  an instructional   a  school garden  program pursuant to this article  may sell any  surplus  produce grown  as part of the program   in the school garden, regardless of whether the school participates in the   Instructional School Gardens Program  .