Iowa SF525 modifies student nutrition curricula and school meal programs to reflect local preferences and cultural practices.

Iowa SF525 mandates that school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools provide nutrition instruction to students from kindergarten through grade 12. It also requires these schools to include instruction on food production and local sourcing in the agriculture, food, and natural resources component of career and technical education for grades 9 through 12. The bill directs the Department of Education to apply for a waiver from federal sodium limits, whole grain requirements, and fruit and vegetable variety stipulations in school meal programs.

Iowa SF525 modifies student nutrition curricula and school meal programs to reflect local preferences and cultural practices.

Iowa SF525 mandates that school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools provide nutrition instruction to students from kindergarten through grade 12. It also requires these schools to include instruction on food production and local sourcing in the agriculture, food, and natural resources component of career and technical education for grades 9 through 12. The bill directs the Department of Education to apply for a waiver from federal sodium limits, whole grain requirements, and fruit and vegetable variety stipulations in school meal programs.