Panel OKs Bill to Curb School Junk Food Sales
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The Assembly’s Education Committee approved a measure that would restrict the sale of junk food and sodas in public schools.
Proposed by state Sen. Martha Escutia (D-Whittier), the bill moves next to the Appropriations Committee.
Under Escutia’s plan, the state would ban the sale of junk food and sodas on elementary campuses, and limit the sale of carbonated drinks at middle schools. Some administrators oppose the legislation, saying their schools depend on money from lucrative contracts with soda companies and candy distributors.
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