Education Code section 49581

The department shall update its guidance on the donation of leftover food to allow a public school cafeteria to donate food to a food bank or to any other nonprofit charitable organization for distribution to persons free of charge or to make leftover food available to pupils during the course of a regular school meal time that is consistent with Section 114079 of the Health and Safety Code.

Source: Section 49581, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=49581. (updated Jan. 1, 2018; accessed Dec. 1, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/education_code_section_49581

Original Source: Section 49581, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=49581. (last accessed May 12, 2025).