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School-based food pantries located within or near public schools, including teen centers, would be defined in law and exempted from Utah's lawful presence verification requirements, meaning schools could not require students age 18 or older to prove their immigration status to receive food from these pantries. Schools participating in these pantries also could not deny food pantry items to any student under 18 or to that student's parent. Additionally, food distributed through a school-based food pantry would be exempted from the state's recently enacted restrictions on certain food additives and dyes that otherwise apply to food sold, offered, or served at public schools during the school day.