1508 AMH ED MOET 859

                

HB 1508 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Education

NOT CONSIDERED 03/02/2017

    On page 3, beginning on line 8, after "healthful" strike all material through "grown" on line 9 and insert "and fresh, and if feasible, give preference to Washington grown food"

 

    On page 9, beginning on line 13, after "must" strike all material through "in" on line 17 and insert ", by the end of the 2018-19 school year, eliminate the lunch copay for all elementary school and prekindergarten students.  The phasing out of the lunch copay for all other students must begin in the 2019-20 school year and be completed by the end of"

 

 

 

    EFFECT: (1) Makes the preference for using Washington-grown foods in Breakfast after the Bell programs subject to feasibility considerations. 

    (2) Removes provisions in the underlying bill requiring the phase out of lunch copays to begin with schools with the highest poverty levels, and adds provisions specifying that: (a) the lunch copay for all elementary and prekindergarten school students must be eliminated by the end of the 2018-19 school year; and (b) the phasing out of the lunch copay for all other students must begin in the 2019-20 school year and be completed by the end of the 2020-21 school year.

 

 

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