An Act To Require Every School Administrative Unit To Have a Food Service Director
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6602, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is amended to read:
B. Shall hire the necessary employees to manage and operate their school food service programs , including a professional food service director who meets all applicable qualifications of the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Public Law 111-296. The food service director must attend a minimum of 4 hours of training per year related to the duties of the food service director. A food service director may be hired by more than one school administrative unit pursuant to a cooperative agreement entered into under chapter 113-A.
summary
This bill requires all school administrative units to hire a professional food service director. The bill allows school administrative units to join in cooperative agreements to hire such directors.