5395-S AMH LOCK MCLA3

SSB 5395 - H AMDS TO H COMM STRIKING AMENDMENT 638 ADOPTED

     4-19-91

          (5395-S AMH APP H2927.3)

     By Representatives Locke, Silver and Peery

     On page 120, line 15 of the striking amendment, strike "$22,000" and insert "$2,022,000"

     On page 120, line 17 of the striking amendment, after "limitations:" strike "The" and insert "(1) $22,000 of the"

     On page 120, line 19 of the striking amendment, after "prevention." insert the following:

     "(2)(a)   The legislature finds that state school feeding programs are essential to the health and well-being of many children and that continuing these programs during a teachers' work stoppage is in the best interests of the state of Washington.

     The legislature intends to continue to provide food to eligible children during the teachers' work stoppage, which began on April 18, 1991, in forty-six districts throughout the state.

     (b)  $2,000,000 of the appropriation, of as much thereof as may be necessary, is provided solely to replace federal funding for breakfasts and lunches that the state is not eligible to receive because of the teachers' work stoppage.

     (c)  The superintendent of public instruction may reimburse school districts with state funds from the appropriation provided in this subsection (2) for the amount of any unavailable federal share of funds for breakfasts or lunches actually provided to children during the teachers' work stoppage that began April 18, 1991." 

EFFECT:  Provides $2,000,000 GFS for lunches and breakfasts provided to children during the teachers' work stoppage to replace lost federal funds due to the stoppage.