Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-147.1
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Food donations
Official statutory text
A. As used in this section only:
1. "Donate" means to give without requiring anything of
monetary value from the recipient; and
2. "Nonprofit organization" means an incorporated or
unincorporated organization that has been established and is
operating for religious, charitable or educational purposes and that
does not distribute any of its income to its members, directors or
officers.
B. A school district may allow a school site to elect to donate
food to a nonprofit organization through an official oncampus
nonprofit representative or designee who is directly affiliated with
the school site such as a teacher, counselor or Parent-Teacher
Association (PTA) member, and the donated food may be received,
stored and redistributed at the school site at any time. Food
donated by the school site may include surplus food from breakfast,
lunch, snack and dinner meals served at the campus cafeteria subject
to any applicable local, state and federal requirements. Examples
of eligible leftover food include packaged/unpackaged unserved food;
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served/unserved food with packaging in good condition; whole, uncut
produce; wrapped raw produce; and/or fruit which will be peeled such
as bananas or oranges.
C. Food donated under this section to a nonprofit organization
may be redistributed on the school site. School employees may
assist in preparing and distributing the food as volunteers for the
nonprofit organization.
D. A school district that makes or a nonprofit organization
that receives a good-faith donation of food which is at the time of
donation fit for human consumption shall not be liable for damages
in any civil suit or subject to criminal prosecution for any injury
resulting from the nature, age, condition or packaging of the
donated food, unless the injury or death is a direct result of gross
negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct of the school
district or nonprofit organization.
E. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to
implement the provisions of this section.
1. "Donate" means to give without requiring anything of
monetary value from the recipient; and
2. "Nonprofit organization" means an incorporated or
unincorporated organization that has been established and is
operating for religious, charitable or educational purposes and that
does not distribute any of its income to its members, directors or
officers.
B. A school district may allow a school site to elect to donate
food to a nonprofit organization through an official oncampus
nonprofit representative or designee who is directly affiliated with
the school site such as a teacher, counselor or Parent-Teacher
Association (PTA) member, and the donated food may be received,
stored and redistributed at the school site at any time. Food
donated by the school site may include surplus food from breakfast,
lunch, snack and dinner meals served at the campus cafeteria subject
to any applicable local, state and federal requirements. Examples
of eligible leftover food include packaged/unpackaged unserved food;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 316
served/unserved food with packaging in good condition; whole, uncut
produce; wrapped raw produce; and/or fruit which will be peeled such
as bananas or oranges.
C. Food donated under this section to a nonprofit organization
may be redistributed on the school site. School employees may
assist in preparing and distributing the food as volunteers for the
nonprofit organization.
D. A school district that makes or a nonprofit organization
that receives a good-faith donation of food which is at the time of
donation fit for human consumption shall not be liable for damages
in any civil suit or subject to criminal prosecution for any injury
resulting from the nature, age, condition or packaging of the
donated food, unless the injury or death is a direct result of gross
negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct of the school
district or nonprofit organization.
E. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to
implement the provisions of this section.
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