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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education finance; reducing school food waste; authorizing free school
3	3	1.3 milk during the lunch meal in place of a full school lunch; appropriating money;
4	4	1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.118.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.118, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 124D.118 SCHOOL MILK PROGRAM.
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Legislative findings.(a) The legislature finds that for best health and
9	9	1.9well-being, school children in the state should receive at least one serving of milk each day.
10	10	1.10 (b) The legislature finds that the school milk program established in this section is to
11	11	1.11provide districts for kindergartners provides schools in the state with added resources so
12	12	1.12that all kindergarten students in public and nonpublic schools may have access to wholesome
13	13	1.13milk on a daily basis.
14	14	1.14 (c) The legislature finds that the school lunch milk program provides an additional
15	15	1.15nutritional benefit to students. The legislature also finds that some students interested in
16	16	1.16receiving only school milk at lunch take a complete school lunch and consume only the
17	17	1.17milk. The school lunch milk program provides schools with resources so that students in
18	18	1.18public and nonpublic schools may have daily access to school milk to supplement meals
19	19	1.19brought from home, eliminating the need for a student to take a complete school meal only
20	20	1.20to obtain the school milk at lunch.
21	21	1.21 Subd. 2.Establishment; school participation Kindergarten milk.Each district school
22	22	1.22in the state is encouraged to participate in the state-supported school milk program for
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	REVISOR CR/LJ 25-0479103/10/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 2387
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31	Authored by Allen, Hicks, Burkel, Schultz, Nelson and others03/17/2025
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance 2.1kindergartners. Participating districts schools must provide one serving of milk on each
33	33	2.2school day to each kindergarten student attending a public or nonpublic school in the district.
34	34	2.3No student is required to accept the milk that is provided by the district. The program must
35	35	2.4be promoted and operated under the direction of the commissioner or the commissioner's
36	36	2.5designee.
37	37	2.6 Subd. 2a.School lunch milk.Each school in the state is encouraged to participate in
38	38	2.7the state-supported school lunch milk program. The program provides one half-pint of milk
39	39	2.8for a student desiring a school milk at lunch who does not take part in the school lunch
40	40	2.9program on that day. The school lunch milk program provides milk to students and eliminates
41	41	2.10unnecessary food waste.
42	42	2.11 Subd. 3.Program guidelines; duties of the commissioner.(a) The commissioner shall
43	43	2.12must:
44	44	2.13 (1) encourage all districts to participate in the school milk program for kindergartners
45	45	2.14and the school lunch milk program;
46	46	2.15 (2) prepare program guidelines for the school milk program for kindergartners, not
47	47	2.16subject to chapter 14 until July 1, 1998, which will effectively and efficiently distribute
48	48	2.17appropriated and donated money to participating districts; and
49	49	2.18 (3) seek donations and matching funds from appropriate private and public sources.
50	50	2.19 (b) Program guidelines may provide for disbursement to districts through a mechanism
51	51	2.20of prepayments or by reimbursement for approved program expenses.
52	52	2.21 (c) The commissioner may establish program guidelines for school lunch milk served
53	53	2.22in place of a school lunch by a participant in the national school lunch program under section
54	54	2.23124D.111.
55	55	2.24 Subd. 4.Reimbursement; breakfast milk and school lunch milk.(a) In accordance
56	56	2.25with program guidelines, the commissioner shall must reimburse each participating public
57	57	2.26or nonpublic school 20 cents for each half-pint of milk that is served to kindergarten students
58	58	2.27and is not part of a school lunch or breakfast reimbursed under section 124D.111 or
59	59	2.28124D.1158.
60	60	2.29 (b) The commissioner must reimburse each public or nonpublic school participating in
61	61	2.30the free meals program for each half-pint of milk served to a student who brings a meal
62	62	2.31from home on that day or otherwise forgoes a school lunch provided at no cost on that day.
63	63	2.32The reimbursement rate for each half-pint of milk equals the greater of 50 cents or the
64	64	2Section 1.
65	65	REVISOR CR/LJ 25-0479103/10/25 3.1special school milk rate established by the United States Department of Agriculture Food
66	66	3.2and Nutrition Services division for that school year.
67	67	3.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for fiscal year 2026 and later.
68	68	3.4 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS; SCHOOL MILK.
69	69	3.5 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are
70	70	3.6appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
71	71	3.7designated.
72	72	3.8 Subd. 2.School milk.For kindergarten milk and school lunch milk aid under Minnesota
73	73	3.9Statutes, section 124D.118:
74	74	2026............3.10 $
75	75	2027............3.11 $
76	76	3Sec. 2.
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