Massachusetts Backing Away From Proposed School Bake Sale Ban

With new nutritional standards from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Departments of Public Health and Education set to go into effect that would basically outlaw school bake sales beginning in August, the state legislature and Governor Deval Patrick have reportedly backed away from the proposed guidelines.

The state legislature was also drafting a budget rider that would leave the decision regarding bake sales and sweets up to the individual school districts

The regulations were reportedly drawn up to curb childhood obesity and would prevent sweets from being sold on school grounds while classes were in session. Gov Patrick and Commonwealth Public Health Commissioner John Auerback said that the ban will be reversed before its even set to take effect. The regulations will apply to sweets sold in school cafeterias during lunchtime.

State Senator Michael Knapic (R-Westfield) also noted that the proposed guidelines will also have an adverse effect on Bay State dairies since they also are applied to chocolate milk.

"The dairy farmers say they’re not equipped to make the type of milk (the state is asking for) and it could turn into a total ban on chocolate milk,” Knapik said, adding that legislators also are considering intervening on behalf of chocolate milk.

Although school health officials said they supported even further limiting access of sweets to schoolchildren to battle childhood obesity, word of the regulations once again made the Bay State a laughingstock and poster child for government overreach by liberal busybodies