H.B. 248 Summary

• Requires the Department of Education to fully implement the farm to school program and farm to school meals program by the 2024-2025 school year, with progress reports to the legislature in 2024, 2025, and 2026.

• Grants complex area superintendents authority to implement farm to school programs within their schools, including oversight of school production kitchens, supervision of cafeteria supervisors, procurement from local farmers, and menu creation.

• Requires all school-level cafeteria supervisors to report directly to their complex area superintendent rather than central administration.

• Establishes five additional full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) permanent school cafeteria supervisor positions to be based at the school level and responsible for complex area kitchen outcomes.

• Directs the Office of Talent Management to review and recommend modifications to the classification and compensation schedules for school cafeteria supervisors by January 2024 to reflect their expanded responsibilities.