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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 5-504.1. Competitive food or beverage contracts

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) A board of school directors of a school district or any of the schools under its jurisdiction shall not enter into an exclusive competitive food or beverage contract unless the board of school directors provides reasonable public notice or holds a public hearing about the contract.

(2) As used in this subsection, “reasonable public notice” shall mean providing notice to parents or guardians utilizing normal school communication procedures at least 30 days prior to the board of school directors or any of the schools under its jurisdiction entering into an exclusive competitive food or beverage contract, which notice includes guidance for parents or guardians on how to offer public comment regarding the contract.

(b) A board of school directors or any of the schools under its jurisdiction shall not enter into any contract prohibiting a school district employe from disparaging the goods or services of the party contracting with the board of school directors or any of the schools under its jurisdiction.

(c)(1) No contract entered into under this section may include a confidentiality clause prohibiting a board of school directors or any of the schools under its jurisdiction from making any part of the contract public.

(2) A contract entered into or renewed under this section shall be made accessible to the public pursuant to section 2 of the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L. 390, No. 212),  1 referred to as the Right-to-Know Law.

(d) The board of school directors shall report the amounts and specific sources of funds received and the nature of expenditures made from funds received from a competitive food or beverage contract at a regularly scheduled board meeting, a public hearing or on the school district's Internet website.

(e) The board of school directors may post signs publicly expressing the school district's appreciation of a business or person that supports the school district's educational programs.

(f) As used in this section, the term “competitive food or beverage” means any food or beverages offered or sold in competition with reimbursable meals served under the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Program.

1 65 P.S. § 66.2
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