NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. - A new bill to control fast food and junk food in South Carolina schools is in the state Senate.

NBC Augusta 26 News found out some school dietitians say there is one loophole that could make the bill ineffective.

It's time for lunch at North Augusta High School, but as cafeteria manager Rita Clark puts it, the lunchroom isn't the only place students get their fill.

“They have the choice to choose a lunch meal or the choice to go to the canteen or get some of the fast food that is sold outside of the cafeteria,” Clark said.

She says the canteen offers student’s options like M&Ms and honey buns that are full of fats and sugars. Foods she says students often choose over what's offered in the lunchroom.

“It's very hard, very hard for us to compete,” Clark said.

There is now a new bill in South Carolina's Senate, already passed by the South Carolina House, which would ban any high sugar or high fat foods from being sold during the school day.

However the last section of the proposed bill states it may not prohibit or limit school approved sales of any food or beverage for fundraising purposes.

“Booster club, PTO, the principal will try to raise funds for different things so they're all really fundraisers,” Joan Griffin said.

Griffin is the food director for Aiken County Schools. She says that schools could potentially classify all of the snack food sales as fundraisers and be exempt from the bill's regulations.

“I would like to see it worded as they can do all this after the instructional day,” Griffin said.

But as one of North Augusta High's club advisors told NBC Augusta 26 News cutting the food and snack sales could put some organizations that depend on them out of business.

Students agree.

“It's bringing a profit to the organization that sells it so it’s benefiting the school,” freshmen, Logan Smith, said.

Griffin understands it's a complex issue.

“They're caught in a budget crunch. They're trying to go through all the avenues they can to get revenue,” Griffin said.

But she says students need to learn the right way to eat.

“I don't know if we should be promoting things that aren't good for them,” Griffin said.

NBC Augusta 26 News talked to Rep. Anne Hutto, (D) Dist. 115, who is one of the sponsors of the bill, about the loophole.

She said she hadn't noticed what a problem it could be and that the language needs to be tightened.

She also said it is something that could be amended in the Senate subcommittee.

To see the section that is up for debate and the entire bill visit South Carolina Legislature online.