PRINTER'S NO. 1404
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1286
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, BULLOCK, SCHLOSSBERG, PIELLI, HILL-EVANS,
MADDEN, HARKINS, STEELE, SANCHEZ, KHAN, CERRATO, KEEFER,
WARREN, INNAMORATO, N. NELSON, SHUSTERMAN, DELLOSO, WAXMAN
AND CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, JUNE 1, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 1, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in pupils and attendance, providing
for shared table school nutrition initiative.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) One in five children suffer from food insecurity in
this Commonwealth, despite schools maintaining a large
percentage of uneaten and eventually discarded food that
could otherwise be reused.
(2) A new initiative called the "Shared Table"
encourages a school to collect unused food that is
appropriate for redistribution and discretely supply that
food throughout the day to students that suffer from food
insecurity or to nonprofit organizations that provide food to
individuals with food insecurity.
(3) The Shared Table initiative has grown nationally and
has become an effective method to distribute excess school
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