"School Bake Sales Are Back On, but Only for Haiti"

To raise funds for Haiti, NYC schools are now allowed to have bake sales.

In the fall, the schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, severely restricted bake sales in schools as part of the city’s effort to limit students’ consumption of junk food. Students raising money for trips and clubs could sell only from a list of specifically approved snacks, like baked chips and granola bars. Parents and students complained that the new regulations stifled their ability to raise money for extracurricular activities.

But Mr. Klein has waived the restrictions to allow students and schools to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti. In a memo sent to school administrators Friday, the Education Department’s legal office said that Mr. Klein was “temporarily waiving the restrictions on bake sales.” The memo said that schools must still comply with federal and state laws, which prohibit selling candy and soda to students before the end of the last lunch period.

For more information and the regulations, check out the NY Times.