HLS 25RS-313 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 3
BY REPRESENTATIVE ECHOLS
SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Requests the state Department of Education to study the
feasibility of and potential costs associated with prohibiting certain foods and
beverages in public schools
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request the state Department of Education to study the feasability of and
3 potential costs associated with prohibiting certain foods and beverages in public
4 schools.
5 WHEREAS, access to balanced, nutritional meals and snacks throughout the day
6contributes to student success in and out of the classroom; school meal programs can play
7an important role in supporting overall student health and academic achievement; and
8 WHEREAS, foods that are ultra-processed and nutrient-depleted with synthetic
9additives undernourish children and can contribute to childhood obesity; and
10 WHEREAS, it is worthwhile to make every effort to offer students only nutritious
11foods made primarily of whole, minimally processed plant and animal products.
12 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
13Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the state Department of Education to
14study the feasibility of and potential costs associated with prohibiting certain foods and
15beverages in public schools.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, for the purposes of this study, "public schools"
17includes all public schools, including charter schools, that include grades kindergarten
18through twelve, and the foods and beverages that would be prohibited are those that contain
19any of the following ingredients:
20 (1) Potassium bromate.
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1 (2) Propylparaben.
2 (3) Titanium dioxide.
3 (4) Brominated vegetable oil.
4 (5) Yellow dye 5.
5 (6) Yellow dye 6.
6 (7) Blue dye 1.
7 (8) Blue dye 2.
8 (9) Green dye 3.
9 (10) Red dye 3.
10 (11) Red dye 40.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department shall also make
12recommendations relative to ensuring the healthiest food options be served in public schools.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department shall report its findings to the
14House Committee on Education not later than sixty days prior to the convening of the 2026
15Regular Session of the Legislature.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
17state superintendent of education.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 3 Original 2025 Regular Session Echols
Requests the state Dept. of Education to study the feasibility of and potential costs associated
with prohibiting certain foods and beverages in public schools and to reports its findings to
the House Committee on Education not later than 60 days prior to the convening of the 2026
R.S.
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