SB 5361 - DIGEST |
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB) |
Declares an intent to: (1) Maintain its current commitment, to the maximum extent possible, to feed hungry low-income students in public schools at no cost to the students; |
(2) Ensure that all low-income students in public schools receive a nutritious school breakfast at no charge, and all low-income students in elementary schools receive school lunch at no charge; |
(3) Phase in the free provision of school lunches to all low-income students at all grade levels; and |
(4) Invest strategically in capacity building and provision of meals to low-income children during the summer months because children continue to need nutritious meals when school is not in operation during the summer. |
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 six, 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. |