(As Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule "A")

"AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL NUTRITION. "

Strike subsection (b) of section 2 and insert the following in lieu thereof:

"(b) Each local and regional board of education may establish a School Wellness Committee to monitor and implement nutrition and physical activity policies required pursuant to the provisions of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, P.L. 108-265. Each such committee shall make recommendations to its board of education regarding school wellness issues, including, but not limited to, ordering Connecticut grown foods for inclusion in school meals, conducting school fundraisers with either healthy food or nonfood items, recommending a nutrition education curriculum and promoting physical education and exercise. Members of the committee may include, but need not be limited to, a school administrator, a physical education teacher, a teacher who does not teach physical education, a school nurse, a local pediatrician, the food service director for the school district, two parents of children enrolled in a school in the school district, a middle school student, a member of the local or regional board of education and a high school student."

Strike section 3 and insert the following in lieu thereof:

"Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2005) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection or subsections (b) and (c) of this section, each local and regional board of education shall permit at schools under its jurisdiction the sale of only the following beverages to students from any source, including, but not limited to, school stores, vending machines, school cafeterias, and any school sponsored or nonschool sponsored fundraising activities, but not including a parent or guardian of a student at the school: (1) Water, (2) milk, including, but not limited to, chocolate milk, soy milk, rice milk and other similar dairy or nondairy milk, (3) one hundred per cent fruit juice, and (4) beverages that contain only water and fruit juice and have no added natural or artificial sweeteners. Such boards may permit at high schools beginning one-half hour after the end of the regular school day, the sale to students of electrolyte replacement beverages containing no more than forty-two grams of added sweetener per twenty ounce serving.

(b) A local or regional board of education may permit at schools under its jurisdiction, the sale to students of beverages that are not listed in subsection (a) of this section, provided (1) such sale is in connection with a school sponsored event occurring after the end of the regular school day or on the weekend, (2) such sale is at the location of such event, and (3) such beverages are not sold from a vending machine or school store.

(c) A local or regional board of education may permit at schools under its jurisdiction, the sale to students of beverages that contain artificial sweeteners to students with documented medical conditions that result in dietary restrictions, including, but not limited to, diabetes. "

Strike subsection (a) of section 4 and substitute the following in lieu thereof:

"Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2005) (a) Not later than January 1, 2006, and January first of each year thereafter, the Department of Education shall publish a list of recommended foods, other than beverages and foods served as part of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, that may be offered as the only foods on school premises for sale to students, from any source, including, but not limited to, school stores, vending machines, school cafeterias and school sponsored and nonschool sponsored fundraising activities, but not including a parent or guardian of a student at the school. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, local and regional boards of education shall implement such recommendations, as amended from time to time, and permit to be offered for sale to students on school premises only those foods included in the list of recommended foods or foods served as part of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, not later than August 15, 2006, and annually thereafter. "