Colombia
Law · Legislation

Law on Resources and Competences for the Provision of Education and Health Services (Law No. 715 of 2001)

Summary:

The law allocates responsibilities for the provision of health and education services, including food catering services.

Description:

The law foresees that it is the responsibility of the districts and municipalities to guarantee food catering service for the students of their jurisdiction. For this purpose, they allocate 0.5% of the resources of the General Participation System [Sistema General de Participaciones] (Art. 2 and 76.17).