Another update on HB 4306

Hi all,

There is another House Education Committee Meeting scheduled tomorrow at 9 am at the House Office Building in Lansing to address House Bill 4306.

 

I have attached the latest version (H-3) of HB 4306:

·         Section 1 was modified from “the Board of a school district…shall not enter into or renew a contract or collective bargaining agreement providing for the provision of custodial, pupil transportation or food services…without first obtaining competitive bids…” (H-2) to “the Board of a school district that directly employs personnel to provide custodial, pupil transportation, or food services…shall obtain competitive bids for the provision of these services…” (H-3).

·         Like the previous version (H-2), H-3 exempts school food service programs that make a profit from having to collect competitive bids for this service (Section 4B).

·         An addition to H-3 is Section 5, which states that “a contractor who provides food services for a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy is encouraged to provide those services using fresh and local foods in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Farm-to-School Procurement Act, 2008 PA 315…”

 

Best,

 

Colleen Matts

Farm to Institution Specialist

CS Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems

Michigan State University

303 Natural Resources Building

East Lansing, MI 48824-1222

517.432.0310

www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu