[Matman]

I have a few questions for the supporters of this bill. Will an existing federal agency such as the Dept. of Education be monitoring schools for compliance or will this be the job of a new federal agency or Obamaczar?

1. Who will be enforcing the law?

2. What will the penalties be for people who break the law. For example, what consequences can a 17-year old high school junior caught peddling Twinkies on school grounds for gas money expect?

3. Is the law broad enough to prohibit the sale of chocolate bars and other snacks as an extracurricular fundraiser?

4. The students of some schools - for example, Paintsville High School - are allowed to leave school premises to eat lunch at home or in nearby restaurants (or at least that used to be the case). Will such students now be forced to eat in the school cafeteria?

5. Will there be a penalty for businesses located near public schools who sell unapproved food to students during regular school hours? Will these businesses be required to ask for IDs before serving customers who might be students? If so, who will have primary enforcement responsibility and what federal agency will monitor compliance?

6. What impact on our legal system will this new federal law have? With tens of thousands of schools in this country, it seems like the potential cost of enforcement and civil litigation is pretty high. Is this an appropriate burden to place on our already overtaxed federal court system?

The law will not need enforcing. It will change the standards and specks on foods purchased. This will fall on the purchasing agent at the school and a food broker and sales rep from the distributor. It will not allow you to sale unhealthy candies early in the day. I am all for that. I hate when they give my son a snickers bar for breakfast and say its to support the football team. Open campuses will remain open. It just requires the school to practice what they preach by provide healthier foods. You are overthinking the bill. There are schools that have adopted these types of food programs all ready. Just not in areas like ours. If you want to pay for your child to go eat hot dogs and hamburgers everyday you will still be able to buy their way into obesity. However agian the school will practice what they preach. There is no legal cost. There are already specks in place for the schools to go by. The specks will just be changed. The purchasing agent and the broker will work out the sales just as always just under different restrictions.