Central kitchen

D.C. Code § 38-822.04 — under School Nutrition..

D.C. Code § 38-822.04

(a) The District of Columbia Public Schools shall establish a central facility in the District to: (1) Prepare, process, grow, and store healthy and nutritious foods for schools and nonprofit organizations; (2) Support nutrition education programs; and (3) Provide job-training programs for students and District residents. (b) The District of Columbia Public Schools shall provide reasonable access to charter schools that wish to use the facility. (c) The Department of General Services shall assist the District of Columbia Public Schools in selecting real property for the facility and the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization shall convert the real property into the facility. (d) On or before December 31 of each year until the project is completed, the District of Columbia Public Schools, in consultation with the Department of General Services, shall issue a report to the Mayor, the Council, and the Healthy Schools and Youth Commission documenting progress on the development of the central kitchen.