Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Farm to School Program and program fund; direct the Department of Agriculture to reimburse an eligible school district for every eligible meal as funds become available; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Farm to School Program plan to identify and purchase available Kentucky-grown agricultural products and to optimize food usage; direct the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out this section; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Farm to School Act.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- C. Aull

Summary Retain all original provisions; specify that the expenditures to qualify a district to participate in the Kentucky Farm to School Program may be made at any time over the fiscal year; specify that an eligible meal must be served to a student on an instructional day; include the percentage of students that qualify for free and reduced-price school meals as a factor in the calculation of a district's partial reimbursement rate in the Kentucky Farm to School Program.