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2025-26 S/Y Healthy Food Certification Compliance — ED-099
Pursuant to C.G.S. Section 10-215f, the Colchester Board of Education certifies
that all food items offered for sale to students in the schools under its jurisdiction,
and not exempted from the Connecticut Nutrition Standards published by the
Connecticut State Department of Education, will comply with the Connecticut
Nutrition Standards during the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This
certification shall include ail food offered for sale to students separately from
reimbursable meals at all times and from all sources, including but not limited to
school stores, vending machines, school cafeterias, culinary programs, and any
fundraising activities on school premises sponsored by the school or non-school
organizations and groups.
COMBINED FOOD AND BEVERAGE EXEMPTIONS — The Colchester Board of
Education will allow the sale to students of food items that do not meet the ;
Connecticut Nutrition Standards and beverages not listed in Section 10-221q of
the Connecticut General Statutes provided that the following conditions are met:
1) the sale is in connection with an event occurring after the end of the regular
school day or on the weekend; 2) the sale is at the location of the event; and 3)
the food and beverage items are not sold from a vending machine or school store.
An “event” is an occurrence that involves more than just a regularly scheduled
practice, meeting, or extracurricular activity. For example, soccer games, school
plays, and interscholastic debates are events but soccer practices, play rehearsals,
and debate team meetings are not. The “regular school day” is the period from
midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official school day. “Location”
means where the event is being held and must be the same place as the food and
beverage sales.
Mr. Daniel Sullivan, Superintendent of Schools, Colchester, CT
By Vote of the Board of Education
Date of Board Meeting
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