HB 1416-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Directs the legislature to appropriate funds for allocation to school districts sufficient to eliminate the copayment for breakfast for all students qualifying for reduced-price lunch; and in any school that enrolls students in any of grades preschool through five, eliminate the copayment for lunch for all students qualifying for reduced-price lunch in the school.

Directs the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Provide state support for summer food service programs, to the extent funds are appropriated; and

(2) Conduct two cycles of grant awards per school year, with a fall cycle of grants of up to twenty thousand dollars to build local capacity to provide summer food service programs and a spring cycle of grants of up to five thousand dollars for expenses related to providing outreach and for planning and administrative tasks associated with initiating a new program.