Title 30. General Assembly
Chapter 67. Virginia Commission to End Hunger
§ 30-433. (Expires July 1, 2027) Powers and duties of the Commission.
The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
1. Identify all funding sources that can be used for improving nutrition and ending hunger for which the state has administrative control as well as for development of future funding.
2. Identify strategies for ensuring that each public elementary and secondary student has access to nutritious meals and snacks at school, including by promoting full participation in all federally assisted school meal and snack programs by both eligible schools and eligible students in such schools.
3. Identify barriers to food access and develop sustainable policies and programs to address those barriers.
4. Promote and facilitate public-private partnerships.
5. Develop benchmarks and set goals to indicate success.
6. Submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual report for publication as a report document as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports. The chairman of the Commission shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual executive summary of the interim activity and work of the Commission no later than the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The executive summary shall be submitted for publication as a report document as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.
2024, c. 296.
