49569.2.
(a) Upon a one-time appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of this section, the department shall provide grants, in an amount of up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), to local educational agencies for any of the following: (1) To contract with third parties for professional development training for schoolsite staff on serving, including preparing, procuring, advertising, and creating menus for plant-based food options or plant-based milk options.
(2) To purchase cafeteria equipment to prepare plant-based food options or plant-based milk options, as needed.
(3) To provide technical assistance and pupil engagement and education on plant-based food options and plant-based milk options, including providing taste tests, recipe development, and culinary education.
(4) To provide additional compensation for additional work relating to serving meals that include a plant-based food option or a plant-based milk option pursuant to Section 49569.1, to the extent that funding is made available in the grant for this purpose.
(b) Grants awarded for a purpose identified in subdivision (a) shall be awarded on a competitive basis.
(c) In providing grants pursuant to this section, the department shall give priority to local educational agencies with the largest percentage of pupils eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches.
(d) (1) Before entering into a contract with a third party for professional development training pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), a local educational agency shall complete negotiations on the training with the schoolsite staff’s exclusive representative, as defined in Section 3540.1 of the Government Code, if requested to do so by the exclusive representative.
(2) An employee shall not be required to attend professional development training pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) for which the employee does not receive at least that employee’s regular rate of pay or that takes place outside of that employee’s normal working hours.