2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 19 - Medical and Health Service › 918 - School District Nutrition Advisory Committees.

§  918.  School  district  nutrition  advisory committees. 1. a. Every
  school district is hereby authorized and encouraged to establish a child
  nutrition advisory committee.
b. The district advisory committee is  encouraged  to  meet  at  least
  quarterly.
c.  The  committee  is encouraged to include, but not be limited to, a
  representative of the school board,  the  food  preparation  staff,  the
  physical  education  departments,  the  school  nurse or health staff, a
  registered dietitian, if available, the faculty  of  the  district,  the
  parent  teacher  associations  in the district, the students enrolled in
  the district, and the parents or guardians of students enrolled  in  the
  district.
d. If, due to special circumstances of a district, it is impossible or
  impracticable  for  all  groups  recommended  to  have  members  on  the
  committee to be represented, the district may approve a committee  that,
  to  the  greatest  extent  possible,  represents  the  interests  of the
  aforementioned groups.
2. The district is encouraged to give, in  such  newsletter,  if  any,
  that  precedes the commencement of school in the fall, written notice to
  all parents or guardians of enrolled students  of  the  existence  of  a
  school  district  nutrition advisory committee and supply information as
  to how such interested parents or  guardians  may  participate  on  such
  committee.
3.  The  district  is  encouraged,  to the extent practicable, to give
  notice to all parents or guardians  and  students  through  its  regular
  newsletters  or  other  regular forms of written communication as to the
  scheduled dates of all meetings of the advisory committee.
4. The committee is encouraged to study and  make  recommendations  on
  all   facets  of  the  current  nutritional  policies  of  the  district
  including, but not limited to, the goals  of  the  district  to  promote
  wellness  and  proper  nutrition,  vending machine sales; menu criteria;
  educational  curriculum  teaching   healthy   nutrition;   promote   the
  achievement  and  maintenance of healthy weight; educational information
  provided to parents or guardians regarding  healthy  nutrition  and  the
  health  risks  associated  with  obesity, asthma, chronic bronchitis and
  other chronic respiratory disease; opportunities offered to  parents  or
  guardians  on  how to encourage healthier eating habits to students; and
  the education provided to teachers and other staff as to the  importance
  of  healthy  nutrition  and the health risks associated with a student's
  weight. In addition the committee  shall  consider  recommendations  and
  practices of other districts and nutrition studies.
5.  The committee is encouraged to report periodically to the district
  regarding practices that will educate teachers, parents or guardians and
  children about healthy nutrition and raise awareness of the  dangers  of
  obesity,  asthma,  chronic  bronchitis  and  other  chronic  respiratory
  diseases. The committee is encouraged also to provide any parent teacher
  associations in the district with such findings and recommendations.
6. Each June, the committee shall report to the  board  of  the  local
  school  district  regarding  the  status  of  the  implementation of the
  district's programs  to  improve  students'  nutritional  awareness  and
  healthy diet.