Healthy Food Certification Compliance ED099

2020 Healthy Food Certification Compliance ED099

Beverage Exemptions:
Pursuant to Section 10-221 q of the Connecticut General Statutes, I hereby acknowledge that the Colchester
Board of Education,

       Will allow the sale to students of beverages not listed in Section 10-221q of the Connecticut General
       Statutes provided that the following conditions are met: 1) the sale is in connection with an event
       occurring after the end of the regular school day or on the weekend; 2) the sale is at the location of the
       event; and 3) the beverages are not sold from a vending machine or school store. An "event" is an
       occurrence that involves more than just a regularly scheduled practice, meeting or extracurricular
       activity. The "school day" is the period from midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official
       school day. "Location" means where the event is being held, and must be the same place as the food
       sales.

Food Exemptions:
Pursuant to Section 1 0-215f of the Connecticut General Statutes, I hereby acknowledge that the Colchester
Board of Education,

       Will allow the sale to students of food items that do not meet the Connecticut Nutrition Standards
       provided that the following conditions are met: 1) the sale is in connection with an event occurring after
       the end of the regular school day or on the weekend; 2) the sale is at the location of the event; and 3) the
       food items are not sold from a vending machine or school store. An "event" is an occurrence that
       involves more than just a regularly scheduled practice, meeting, or extracurricular activity. For example,
       soccer games, school plays, and interscholastic debates are events but soccer practices, play rehearsals,
       and debate team meetings are not. The "regular school day" is the period from midnight before to 30
       minutes after the end of the official school day. "Location"
       means where the event is being held.

Pursuant to C.G.S. Section 10-215f, the Colchester Board of Education certifies that all food items offered for
sale to students in the schools under its jurisdiction, and not exempted from the Connecticut Nutrition Standards
published by the Connecticut State Department of Education, will comply with the Connecticut Nutrition
Standards during the period of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. This certification shall include all food
offered for sale to students separately from reimbursable meals at all times and from all sources, including but
not limited to, school stores, vending machines, school cafeterias, and any fund raising activities on school
premises sponsored by the school or by non-school organizations and groups.


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Jeffrey E. Burt
Superintendent of Schools

By vote of the Board of Education March 10, 2020