Indiana § 20-26-9-12 - Authority to operate school kitchens and lunchrooms; appropriations; state aid contingent on federal aid
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§ 20-26-9-12. Authority to operate school kitchens and lunchrooms; appropriations; state aid contingent on federal aid
Sec. 12. (a) School cities, school towns, and joint districts may:
(1) establish, equip, operate, and maintain school kitchens and school lunchrooms for the improvement of the health of students and for the advancement of the educational work of their respective schools;
(2) employ all necessary directors, assistants, and agents; and
(3) appropriate funds for the school lunch program.
Participation in a school lunch program under this chapter is discretionary with the governing board of a school corporation.
(b) If federal funds are not available to operate a school lunch program:
(1) the state may not participate in a school lunch program; and
(2) money appropriated by the state for that purpose and not expended shall immediately revert to the state general fund.
(c) Failure on the part of the state to participate in the school lunch program does not invalidate any appropriation made or school lunch program carried on by a school corporation by means of gifts or money appropriated from state tuition support distributions received by the school corporation.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-13-9.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.468; P.L.233-2015, SEC.134.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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