Bill > SF3687

This bill clarifies the milk offerings for students participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program in Minnesota. It mandates that schools must offer a variety of fluid milk options, including flavored and unflavored organic or non-organic whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free milk, as well as non-dairy beverages that are nutritionally equivalent to milk and meet federal standards set by the United States Secretary of Agriculture. Additionally, the bill addresses the provision of lactose-reduced milk for students who are lactose intolerant, requiring schools that receive school lunch aid or participate in the school breakfast program to make available lactose-reduced milk, milk fortified with lactase, or milk with added lactobacillus acidophilus if a parent makes a written request. The bill also allows schools to serve these products from larger containers at the point of service, overriding any conflicting local rules.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Education

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/3687/