(1) As used in this section, ‘USDA Foods’ means domestic agricultural products purchased by the United States Department of Agriculture for use in schools and other institutions that provide nutritional services to children.

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(2) The Department of Education may accept and distribute USDA Foods available for either public or private nonprofit educational institutions, subject to state or federal law or regulation relating to the acceptance and distribution of those foods. The department shall charge an amount sufficient to cover but not exceed all costs of distribution to the individual schools. The charge may include administrative expenses, freight, warehousing, storing, processing and transshipment. The department may adjust charges to cover differences in program costs based on the USDA Foods received. [Amended by 1989 c.491 § 10; 2023 c.570 § 1]

[1975 c.87 § 1; repealed 1981 c.784 § 38]