Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-17,142

  • Board: means the board of education of a school district and the governing authority of any nonpublic school offering any of grades kindergarten to 12 in approved schools. See Kansas Statutes 72-17,132
  • Food service programs: means the programs included in the state plan of child nutrition operations under which federal funds and commodities are received pursuant to federal acts relating to child nutrition including the national school lunch act, as amended, and the child nutrition act of 1966, as amended. See Kansas Statutes 72-17,132
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

The state board may in cooperation with other appropriate agencies and organizations conduct studies of methods of improving and expanding food service programs and promoting nutritional education in the schools and may conduct appraisals of the nutritive benefits of food service programs.