Bill Text: IA HF363 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to free school meals for children attending a public or accredited nonpublic primary or secondary school, and establishing a standing appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-20 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 371. [HF363 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF363-Introduced.html
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BY
ISENHART
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
free
school
meals
for
children
attending
a
1
public
or
accredited
nonpublic
primary
or
secondary
school,
2
and
establishing
a
standing
appropriation.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
267A.1,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
Provide
for
the
healthy
development
of
3
this
state’s
students
by
supplying
state
schools
with
locally
4
grown
and
processed,
nutritionally
adequate
meals
in
accordance
5
with
guidelines
established
by
the
department
of
education
6
pursuant
to
chapter
283A.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
267A.3,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
8
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
9
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(8)
A
representative
of
an
organization
10
with
the
primary
purpose
of
promoting
school
nutrition
in
this
11
state.
12
Sec.
3.
Section
267A.3,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
13
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
14
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
The
director
of
the
department
of
15
education
or
the
director’s
designee.
16
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
283A.12
School
meal
appropriation.
17
1.
There
is
appropriated
annually
from
the
general
fund
of
18
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
an
amount
determined
19
by
the
department
necessary
to
provide
breakfast
and
lunch
to
20
each
student
of
a
public
school,
including
a
charter
school,
21
or
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
whose
family
chooses
to
22
receive
such
meals
for
the
student.
23
2.
Moneys
appropriated
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
24
be
sufficient
to
procure
food
grown
and
processed
in
this
25
state,
or
food
grown
and
processed
within
thirty
miles
of
this
26
state
for
schools
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
in
a
county
27
bordering
another
state,
for
the
purpose
of
achieving
goals
of
28
the
local
food
and
farm
program
established
in
section
267A.1.
29
3.
Moneys
appropriated
pursuant
to
this
section
supplement
30
funds
appropriated
under
the
federal
National
School
Lunch
Act
31
and
the
federal
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
42
U.S.C.
§1751
32
—
1785.
33
4.
Any
funds
appropriated
under
this
section
that
have
not
34
been
used
or
encumbered
by
June
30
of
each
year
shall
revert
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back
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
pursuant
to
section
8.33.
1
EXPLANATION
2
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
3
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
4
This
bill
relates
to
free
school
meals
to
children
attending
5
a
public
or
accredited
nonpublic
primary
or
secondary
school,
6
and
establishes
a
standing
appropriation.
7
The
bill
adds
providing
for
the
healthy
development
of
8
Iowa’s
students
by
supplying
state
schools
with
locally
grown
9
and
processed,
nutritionally
adequate
meals
in
accordance
with
10
guidelines
established
by
the
department
of
education
(DE)
as
a
11
goal
of
the
local
food
and
farm
program.
12
The
bill
adds
the
director
of
the
DE
or
the
director’s
13
designee
as
a
voting
member
of
the
local
food
and
farm
14
program
council.
The
bill
also
adds
a
representative
of
an
15
organization
with
the
primary
purpose
of
promoting
school
16
nutrition
in
Iowa
as
a
voting
member
of
the
local
food
and
farm
17
program
council
that
the
secretary
of
agriculture
will
appoint.
18
Code
chapter
283A
(school
meal
programs)
governs
the
19
administration
of
school
meal
programs
and
the
allocation
of
20
moneys
received
for
school
meals.
Under
Code
chapter
283A,
the
21
director
of
the
DE
may
enter
into
agreements
with
any
agency
22
of
the
federal
government,
with
any
school
board,
or
with
any
23
other
agency
or
person,
adopt
rules,
employ
personnel,
and
take
24
other
action
as
the
director
may
deem
necessary
to
provide
25
for
the
establishment,
maintenance,
operation,
and
expansion
26
of
any
school
breakfast
or
lunch
program,
and
to
direct
the
27
disbursement
of
federal
and
state
funds,
in
accordance
with
any
28
applicable
provisions
of
federal
or
state
law.
Code
chapter
29
283A
also
allows
the
authorities
of
a
nonpublic
school
to
opt
30
out
of
school
breakfast
and
lunch
programs.
31
The
bill
establishes
a
standing
appropriation
in
an
amount
32
determined
by
the
DE
by
rule
to
supplement
federal
funds
to
33
allow
free
school
breakfast
and
lunch
to
each
student
of
a
34
public
school,
including
a
charter
school,
or
accredited
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nonpublic
school
whose
family
chooses
to
receive
such
meals
for
1
the
student.
Moneys
appropriated
must
be
sufficient
to
procure
2
food
grown
and
processed
in
Iowa,
or
grown
and
processed
3
within
30
miles
of
Iowa
for
schools
and
accredited
nonpublic
4
schools
in
a
county
bordering
another
state,
for
the
purpose
5
of
achieving
goals
of
the
local
food
and
farm
program.
Any
6
such
funds
appropriated
for
this
purpose
that
are
not
used
or
7
encumbered
by
June
30
of
each
year
shall
revert
back
to
the
8
general
fund
of
the
state.
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