School meals: plant-based food and milk options: California School Plant-Based Food and Beverage Program

Would establish the California School Plant-Based Food and Beverage Program and authorize a local educational agency to apply for reimbursement of up to $0.20 per meal for meals that include a plant-based food option or up to $0.10 per meal for meals that include a plant-based milk option or both. The bill would require the department to make additional one-time payments of up to $1,000 on a first-come-first-served basis to local educational agencies that receive meal reimbursement pursuant to the bill’s provisions.