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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 21, 2014
Jumpstarting Occupational-learning and Entrepreneurship Act or the JOE Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to exempt school-based enterprises that are managed as part of a school's curriculum from the nutrition standards for foods sold in schools that are not foods provided under the school lunch and breakfast programs.
Defines a "school-based enterprise" as an entrepreneurial operation in a school setting that:
provides goods or services to meet the needs of the market;
is managed and operated by students as a hands-on learning laboratory;
provides realistic and practical learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction;
may sell to consumers through a permanent location, a mobile kiosk, or through Internet marketing; and
may sell products such as food and beverage items or provide services such as event catering.
People & committees
Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] · R–AR
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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