Indiana § 20-26-9-12 Authority to operate school kitchens and lunchrooms; appropriations;
state aid contingent on federal aid

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-26-9-12 — Authority to operate school kitchens and lunchrooms; appropriations; state aid contingent on federal aid

Indiana·Title 20 EDUCATION·Art. 26 SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL·Ch. 9 School Breakfast and Lunch Programs

(a)School cities, school towns, and joint districts may:

(1)establish, equip, operate, and maintain school kitchens and school lunchrooms for the improvement of the health of students and for the advancement of the educational work of their respective schools;

(2)employ all necessary directors, assistants, and agents; and

(3)appropriate funds for the school lunch program. Participation in a school lunch program under this chapter is discretionary with the governing board of a school corporation.

(b)If federal funds are not available to operate a school lunch program:

(1)the state may not participate in a school lunch program; and

(2)money appropriated by the state for that purpose and not expended shall immediately revert to the state general fund.

(c)Failure on the part of the sta

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(a) School cities, school towns, and joint
districts may:
(1) establish, equip, operate, and maintain school kitchens and
school lunchrooms for the improvement of the health of students
and for the advancement of the educational work of their
respective schools;
(2) employ all necessary directors, assistants, and agents; and
(3) appropriate funds for the school lunch program.
Participation in a school lunch program under this chapter is
discretionary with the governing board of a school corporation.
(b) If federal funds are not available to operate a school lunch
program:
(1) the state may not participate in a school lunch program; and
(2) money appropriated by the state for that purpose and not
expended shall immediately revert to the state general fund.
(c) Failure on the part of the state to participate in the school lunch
program does not invalidate any appropriation made or school lunch
program carried on by a school corporation by means of gifts or money
appropriated from state tuition support distributions received by the
school corporation.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-5-13-9.]

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