House File 2127 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2127 BY T. TAYLOR A BILL FOR An Act requiring school districts to provide access to drinking 1 water during meal times in food service areas of school 2 district attendance centers. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5352YH (2) 84 kh/nh

H.F. 2127 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 283A.6 Drinking water requirement. 1 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a school district 2 shall provide access to free, fresh drinking water during meal 3 times in the food service areas of the attendance centers 4 under its jurisdiction, including but not limited to areas 5 where reimbursable meals under the federal Richard B. Russell 6 National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1751 et seq., or the 7 school breakfast program established by section 4 of the 8 federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. § 1773, are 9 served or consumed. A school district may comply with this 10 section by, among other means, providing cups and containers 11 of water or providing bottled water donated to the school 12 district. 13 2. The majority of the members of the board of directors 14 of a school district may adopt a resolution stating that the 15 school district is unable to comply with the requirements of 16 subsection 1 and demonstrating the reasons why the school 17 district is unable to comply due to fiscal constraints or 18 health and safety concerns. The proposed resolution shall be 19 posted on an internet site maintained by the school district 20 and shall include the date, time, and place of the board 21 meeting at which the board shall take action to adopt the 22 resolution. The board shall take action on the resolution 23 within thirty days of the internet posting or at the next 24 regularly scheduled board meeting, whichever occurs later. 25 EXPLANATION 26 This bill requires a school district to provide access to 27 free, fresh drinking water during meal times in school food 28 service areas unless the school board by a majority of its 29 members adopts a resolution stating that it is unable to comply 30 with this requirement and demonstrating the reasons why it 31 is unable to comply due to fiscal constraints or health and 32 safety concerns. The proposed resolution must be posted on a 33 school district internet site and the board must take action 34 on the resolution within 30 days of the posting or at the next 35 -1- LSB 5352YH (2) 84 kh/nh 1/ 2

H.F. 2127 regularly scheduled board meeting, whichever occurs later. 1 -2- LSB 5352YH (2) 84 kh/nh 2/ 2