1. (a) Repealed.
2. (b) Repealed.

3. (c) Funding for healthy schools initiatives may be used as follows:

   1. (1) To provide additional funding for healthy school meals, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall reimburse public schools, public charter schools, participating private schools, and organizations participating in the Summer Food Service Program as follows:

      1. (A) Twenty cents for each breakfast meal served that meets the requirements of §§ 38-822.02 and 38-822.03; and
      2. (B) Ten cents for each lunch meal served that meets the requirements of §§ 38-822.02 and 38-822.03.
   2. (2) Repealed.

   3. (3) To eliminate the reduced-price copayment under § 38-822.03(b)(1), the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall reimburse public schools, public charter schools, and participating private schools, for each lunch meal that meets the requirements of §§ 38-822.02 and 38-822.03 and is served to a student who qualifies for reduced-price meals, the greater of:

      1. (A) Forty cents; or
      2. (B) The difference between the U.S. Department of Agriculture reimbursement rate for a free lunch and a reduced-price lunch.
   4. (4) Repealed.

   5. (4A)

      1. (A) To provide resources to implement alternative breakfast serving models, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall provide an annual subsidy of $2 per student to public schools, public charter schools, and participating private schools that implement an approved alternative breakfast serving model.
      2. (B) Schools shall use funds received pursuant to this paragraph to purchase equipment and supplies needed to operate the alternative breakfast serving model.

   6. (5)

      1. (A) To encourage local foods to be served in schools, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall provide an additional 5 cents per day reimbursement to public schools, public charter schools, and participating private schools when at least one component of a reimbursable breakfast or lunch meal is comprised entirely of locally grown and unprocessed foods; provided, that the schools report the name and address of the farms where the locally grown foods were grown to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
      2. (B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “locally grown and unprocessed foods” shall not include milk.

   7. (6) To increase physical activity in schools, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education may issue grants through a competitive process or a formula grants process to public schools, public charter schools, or organizations that provide technical assistance to public schools or public charter schools to increase the amount of physical activity in schools; provided, that a school receiving a grant pursuant to this paragraph shall seek to:

      1. (A) Meet the requirements of § 38-824.02; and
      2. (B) Increase the amount of physical activity in which its students engage.
   8. (7) To support school gardens or promote health education, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall make grants available, subject to the availability of funds, through a competitive process or a formula grants process to public schools, public charter schools, and other organizations.
   9. (8) Repealed.
   10. (9) To increase nutrition education in schools, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education shall make grants available, subject to the availability of funds, through either a competitive grant process or a formula grants process, to public schools, public charter schools, and organizations that provide technical assistance to public schools and public charter schools to incorporate nutrition education into the school day.
   11. (10) To increase cafeteria staff's abilities to provide healthy meals for students, the Office of the State Superintendent for Education may issue grants through a competitive process or a formula grants process to public schools, public charter schools, or other organizations for the acquisition of school kitchen equipment and for providing training sessions on cooking skills and nutrition for school cafeteria workers and school food service vendors.
   12. (11) To decrease food and food packaging waste at schools and provide greater food access to those in need, the Office of the State Superintendent for Education may issue grants through a competitive process or a formula grants process to local education agencies, schools, nonprofit organizations, or partnerships developed among schools or with nonprofit organizations to support efforts to address food and food packaging waste, including implementation and management of share tables, purchase or provision of reusable food service ware, including from third-party reusable food service ware providers, and other food waste and food waste packaging reduction programs.

   13. (12)

       1. (A) In School Year 2025-2026, $300,000 in funds shall be used to assist at least 2 community-based organizations in partnering with schools and childcare development facilities to create and sustain healthy working environments for educators through a competitive grant program.
       2. (B) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education ("OSSE") shall select grant recipients, after a call for applications, by no later than November 26, 2025.
       3. (C) Participation in the program shall be based on criteria OSSE establishes.
       4. (D) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "educator" includes a principal, assistant principal, teacher, assistant teacher, paraprofessional, school psychologist or counselor, all school service providers, or any person who provides professional educational services or education psychological services at a school.
4. (d) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education may, by rule, increase the amounts, as set forth in subsection (c) of this section, to further improve the quality and nutrition of school meals.
5. (e) The Office of the State Superintendent of Education may withhold local funds provided by subsection (c) of this section from public schools and public charter schools that do not meet any or all of the requirements of §§ 38-822.02, 38-822.03, 38-822.05, and 38-822.06.
6. (f) Repealed.
7. (g) Repealed.

Editor's Notes

Applicability of D.C. Law 20-142: Section 502(e) of D.C. Law 20-142 provided that § 311 of the act shall apply as of December 17, 2014.

Section 4063 of D.C. Law 19-168 provided that § 4062 of the act shall apply as of June 20, 2012.

Short Title

Short title: Section 4011 of D.C. Law 19-21 provided that subtitle B of title IV of the act may be cited as “Healthy Schools Technical Amendment Act of 2011”.

Short title: Section 411 of D.C. Law 18-370 provided that subtitle B of title IV of the act may be cited as “Healthy Schools Amendment Act of 2010”.

History

July 27, 2010, D.C. Law 18-209, § 102, 57 DCR 4779

Apr. 8, 2011, D.C. Law 18-370, § 412, 58 DCR 1008

Sept. 14, 2011, D.C. Law 19-21, § 4012, 58 DCR 6226

Oct. 20, 2011, D.C. Law 19-37, § 2(b), 58 DCR 6841

Sept. 20, 2012, D.C. Law 19-168, § 4062(a), 59 DCR 8025

Dec. 17, 2014, D.C. Law 20-142, § 311(a), 61 DCR 8045

Dec. 13, 2017, D.C. Law 22-33, § 6112(b)

July 3, 2018, D.C. Law 22-124, § 106

Oct. 30, 2018, D.C. Law 22-168, § 4032

Mar. 13, 2019, D.C. Law 22-240, § 2(b)

Sept. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 23-16

Dec. 3, 2020, D.C. Law 23-149, § 4062

Mar. 16, 2021, D.C. Law 23-211, § 4(b)

Nov. 13, 2021, D.C. Law 24-45, § 4242(a)

Sept. 18, 2024, D.C. Law 25-217, § 4012(b)

Dec. 6, 2025, D.C. Law 26-55, § 4052(c)

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 4062(a) of Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19-413, July 25, 2012, 59 DCR 9290).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 4062(a) of Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19-383, June 19, 2012, 59 DCR 7764).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of Healthy Schools Emergency Amendment Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19-143, August 9, 2011, 58 DCR 6814).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 4012 of Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19-93, June 29, 2011, 58 DCR 5599).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 412 of Fiscal Year 2011 Supplemental Budget Support Emergency Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-694, January 19, 2011, 58 DCR 662).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 6112(b) of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-104, July 20, 2017, 64 DCR 7032).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 101(b) of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-163, Oct. 23, 2017, 64 DCR 10778).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 6112(b) of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-167, Oct. 24, 2017, 64 DCR 10802).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 104 of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-213, Dec. 20, 2017, 64 DCR 13422).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4032 of Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2018 (D.C. Act 22-434, July 30, 2018, 65 DCR 8200).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4032 of Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2018 (D.C. Act 22-458, Oct. 3, 2018, 65 DCR 11212).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4142 of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-91, July 22, 2019, 66 DCR 8497).

For temporary (90 days) repeal of applicability provision of D.C. Law 22-240, see § 7160 of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-91, July 22, 2019, 66 DCR 8497).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4142 of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-112, Sept. 4, 2019, 66 DCR 11964).

For temporary (90 days) repeal of applicability provision of D.C. Law 22-240, see § 7160 of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-112, Sept. 4, 2019, 66 DCR 11964).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4242(a) of Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-159, Aug. 23, 2021, 68 DCR 008602).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4012(b) of Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25-506, July 15, 2024, 71 DCR 8406).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4052(c) of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-146, Sept. 3, 2025, 72 DCR 9623).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4062 of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-146, Sept. 3, 2025, 72 DCR 9623).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4052(c) of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-210, Nov. 24, 2025, 72 DCR 13514).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4062 of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-210, Nov. 24, 2025, 72 DCR 13514).

Section References

This section is referenced in § 38-821.01.

Temporary Legislation

For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 104 of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2017 (D.C. Law 22-44, Jan. 25, 2018, 64 DCR 12387).

Applicability

Section 301 of D.C. Law 22-124 provided that the changes made to this section by D.C. Law 22-124 shall apply as of October 1, 2017.

Applicability of D.C. Law 22-240: § 3 of D.C. Law 22-240 provided that the change made to this section by § 2(b) of D.C. Law 22-240 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.

Applicability of D.C. Law 22-240: § 7160 of D.C. Law 23-16 repealed § 3 of D.C. Law 22-240. Therefore the amendment of this section by D.C. Law 22-240 has been implemented.

Applicability of D.C. Law 23-211: § 6 of D.C. Law 23-211 provided that the change made to this section by § 4(b) of D.C. Law 23-211 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.

Section 7203 of D.C. Act 24-159 repealed the applicability provision of section 4 of D.C. Law 23-211 that impacted this section. Therefore the amendment of this section by §4(b) of Law 23-211 has been implemented.

Section 7203 of D.C. Law 24-45 repealed the applicability provision of section 4 of D.C. Law 23-211 that impacted this section. Therefore the amendment of this section by §4(b) of Law 23-211 has been implemented.