NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 912
SENATE BILL 530

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 51 OF CHAPTER 115 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, RELATING TO SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING AVAILABLE MORE AND BETTER FREE AND LOW-PRICED MEALS TO INDIGENT CHILDREN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 115-51 is hereby rewritten so that the same shall hereafter read as follows:
"Sec. 115-51.  School Food Services Provided by County and City Boards of Education. As a part of the function of the public school system, county and city boards of education may, in their discretion, provide school food services in the schools under their jurisdiction. All school food services made available under this authority shall be provided in accordance with standards and regulations recommended by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and approved by the State Board of Education.
"All school food services shall be operated on a nonprofit basis and any earnings therefrom over and above the cost of operation as defined herein shall be used to reduce the cost of food, to serve better food, or to provide free or reduced-price lunches to indigent children, and for no other purpose. The term, 'cost of operation', shall be defined as actual costs incurred in the purchase and preparation of food, the salaries of personnel directly engaged in preparing and serving food, and the costs of such inexpensive and expendable non-food supplies as outlined under standards adopted by the State Board of Education. Any costs incurred in the provision and the maintenance of school food services over and beyond the 'costs of operation' as defined in this Section shall be included in the budget request filed annually by county and city boards of education with boards of county commissioners. It shall not be mandatory that the provisions of G.S. 115-52 and 143-129 be complied with in the purchase of supplies and food for such school food services."
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of June, 1965.