North Carolina § 115C-263 - Required provision of services.

§ 115C-263. Required provision of services.

As a part of the function of the public school system, local boards of education shall provide to the extent practicable school food services in the schools under their jurisdiction. All school food services made available under this authority shall be provided in accordance with standards and regulations recommended by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and approved by the State Board of Education. History (1955, c. 1372, art. 5, s. 34; 1965, c. 912; 1967, c. 990; 1975, c. 384; 1981, c. 423, s. 1.) School Breakfast Program. - Session Laws 2011-342, s. 1, effective July 1, 2011, provides: "Notwithstanding Section 8.26 of S.L. 1999-237, funds appropriated for the school breakfast program shall be used to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students of all grade levels qualifying for reduced-price meals in all schools participating in the National School Breakfast Program. If appropriated funds are insufficient to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students qualifying for reduced-price meals, local child nutrition programs shall charge the students qualifying for reduced-price meals the allowable amount for a reduced-price breakfast under the guidelines of the National School Breakfast Program." Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2010-115, s. 1(a) and (b), provide: "(a) The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee shall include in the 2010 Work Plan for the Program Evaluation Division of the General Assembly a study of the operation of the Child Nutrition Program. The Division shall examine (i) the guidelines for assessing direct and indirect operating costs to local child nutrition programs in local school administrative units, including rent, costs assessed on a square footage basis, maintenance, utilities, and any other costs charged or allocated to food services; (ii) discrepancies in how local school administrative units calculate and report indirect costs for child nutrition programs, the impact of these discrepancies on child nutrition programs, and whether local school administrative units are charging these indirect costs to incorrect budget items; (iii) federal guidelines on minimum fund balances for child nutrition programs and whether all local child nutrition programs in local school administrative units are in compliance with these guidelines; (iv) practices in other states regarding the operation of child nutrition programs, including procedures for assessment of indirect costs and guidelines for fund balances; (v) funding requirements necessary for elementary, middle, and high schools to implement the nutrition standards implemented by S.L. 2005-457, as amended by Section 7.36A of S.L. 2007-323 and Section 7.25 of S.L. 2008-107; and (vi) any other issues the Division deems relevant to this study. "(b) The Program Evaluation Division shall submit its findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee, the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the Legislative Task Force on Childhood Obesity, and the Fiscal Research Division at a date to be determined by the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee."