| Shelbyville Central School Corporation |
| Bylaws & Policies |
8540.01 - VENDING MACHINES/NUTRITION
The Board of School Trustees of the Shelbyville Central Schools school corporation believes that good nutrition is important for high academic achievement. All food available for sales to students including vending machines, student stores, and fundraisers should offer food choices that provide the opportunity for students to select products that reflect healthy and nutritional principles. All food sales in the School Corporation must comply with State and Federal child nutrition program regulations. The following definitions apply to this policy:
| A. | Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value | |
| Defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in its child nutrition regulations at 7 C.F.R. 210.11(a)(2). | ||
| B. | Healthy Beverages | |
| Water, milk, fruit drinks with at least fifty percent (50%) fruit juice, vegetable drinks, and 100% fruit juices. | ||
| C. | Healthy Foods | |
| Any food item that does not have more than thirty percent (30%) total calories from fat, more than ten percent (10%) total calories from saturated fats, or provides at least ten percent (10%) of the recommended daily value for of the following nutrients: Vitamin A, Vitamin C, calcium, iron, protein, or fiber. |
Vending Machine Use
| A. | Elementary Schools | |
| Vending machines available to students shall offer only healthy beverages or healthy foods and shall not offer foods or beverages of minimal nutritional value. | ||
| B. | Middle School | |
| Vending machines may be operated in the middle school but must offer in total at least fifty percent (50%) healthy beverages and at least fifty percent (50%) healthy foods. | ||
| C. | High School | |
| Vending machines may be operated in the high school but must offer in total at least fifty percent (50%) healthy beverages and at least fifty percent (50%) health foods. |
Price
Prices for all beverages and food items sold to students will be offered at comparable prices for comparable size packages.
Advertisements
Advertisement on all vending machines shall promote educational activities, physical fitness, and choice of beverage or food offered. Advertisement shall not promote one (1) beverage or food choice over other more healthy choices nor shall it promote one (1) particular beverage or food item available in the vending machine.
Availability
Vending machines may not be operational during normal school hours.
Adopted 8/9/05