1238-S2 AMH RUDE MOET 180

2SHB 1238 - H AMD 157

By Representative Rude

ADOPTED 03/02/2023

On page 3, line 25, after "rate." insert "For school districts that are not participating in the school lunch program or the school breakfast program that provided school meals to enrolled students meeting federal eligibility requirements for free and reduced-price lunches during the 2023-24 school year, the state reimbursement provided under this subsection must be equivalent to the per-meal reimbursement that the school district would have otherwise qualified for if it had been participating in the school lunch program and the school breakfast program."

EFFECT: (1) Establishes a state per-meal reimbursement rate for school districts that: (a) are required to provide no-charge meals in qualifying schools; (b) are not participating in the federal school lunch or breakfast programs; and (c) provided school meals to students meeting federal eligibility requirements for free and reduced-price lunches during the 2023-24 school year.

(2) Specifies that the state per-meal reimbursement rate for these school districts must be equivalent to the per-meal reimbursement that the school district would have otherwise received if it had been participating in the federal school lunch and breakfast programs.

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