HB 1508 - DIGEST |
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB) |
Establishes the Washington kids ready to learn act of 2017. |
Requires each high-needs school to offer breakfast after the bell to each student and provide adequate time for students to consume the food. |
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to administer one-time start-up allocation grants to each high-needs school implementing a breakfast after the bell program. |
Creates the breakfast after the bell lighthouse project to promote best practices for breakfast after the bell programs. |
Requires school districts with school lunch programs to begin to eliminate lunch copays for students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade who qualify for reduced-price lunches. |
Authorizes school districts and the office of the superintendent of public instruction to coordinate with the department of agriculture to promote and facilitate farm-to-school programs and small and direct marketing farm programs within school districts. |