Relating to student nutrition, including by modifying the curricula provided to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve to include instruction related to nutrition, modifying provisions related to the agriculture, food, and natural resources component of the career and technical education instruction provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve, and modifying provisions related to school meal programs, and including effective date and applicability provisions

What it does: Requires K-12 nutrition instruction emphasizing animal-based protein, dairy, vegetables, and fruit, adds food production to high school agriculture courses, and directs the education department to seek a federal waiver from school meal sodium, whole-grain, and produce rules to set Iowa-specific standards. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

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