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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0574\">574<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1408543,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354400,"identifier":"22.1-207.3:1","token":"22.1\/13\/1\/22.1-207.3_1","url":"\/22.1-207.3_1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-207.3_1\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1\/22.1-207.3_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distribution of excess food","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-207.3:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> As used in this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">excess food<\/span>&#8221; means any remaining unexpired, unopened, and unconsumed food intended to be served as part of a reimbursable meal that was unable to be utilized for a current or future meal provision after a school has served breakfast and lunch to students during a school day. <a id=\"paragraph-1319218\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-207.3_1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Each <span class=\"dictionary\">school board<\/span> may distribute <span class=\"dictionary\">excess food<\/span> to enrolled students eligible for the School Breakfast Program or National School Lunch Program administered by the U.S. <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Agriculture who the <span class=\"dictionary\">school board<\/span> determines are eligible to receive <span class=\"dictionary\">excess food<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1319219\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-207.3_1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> The method by which a <span class=\"dictionary\">school board<\/span> distributes <span class=\"dictionary\">excess food<\/span> shall be established by the <span class=\"dictionary\">school board<\/span> in accordance with the U.S. <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements and guidelines for the distribution of <span class=\"dictionary\">excess food<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1319220\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-207.3_1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">school board<\/span> may develop a policy describing the process for distributing <span class=\"dictionary\">excess food<\/span> under this section, saving <span class=\"dictionary\">excess food<\/span> for later consumption, or donating <span class=\"dictionary\">excess food<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1319221\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-207.3_1\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS FOOD (\u00a7 22.1-207.3:1)\n\nA. As used in this section, &#8220;excess food&#8221; means any remaining\nunexpired, unopened, and unconsumed food intended to be served as part of a\nreimbursable meal that was unable to be utilized for a current or future meal\nprovision after a school has served breakfast and lunch to students during a\nschool day.\n\nB. Each school board may distribute excess food to enrolled students eligible\nfor the School Breakfast Program or National School Lunch Program administered\nby the U.S. Department of Agriculture who the school board determines are\neligible to receive excess food.\n\nC. The method by which a school board distributes excess food shall be\nestablished by the school board in accordance with the U.S. Department of\nAgriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements and\nguidelines for the distribution of excess food.\n\nD. A school board may develop a policy describing the process for distributing\nexcess food under this section, saving excess food for later consumption, or\ndonating excess food.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 574.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}