Bill Text: IA HF575 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to free school breakfast and lunch for students eligible to receive reduced price meals under federal programs at public schools, certain charter schools, and certain nonpublic schools and making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 18-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 480. [HF575 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF575-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
575
BY
SCHEETZ
,
JONES
,
BLOOMINGDALE
,
LUNDGREN
,
ANDREWS
,
INGELS
,
THOMSON
,
GERHOLD
,
LOHSE
,
WOOD
,
BEST
,
DUNWELL
,
HENDERSON
,
GUSTAFSON
,
SIECK
,
MOORE
,
GOLDING
,
YOUNG
,
and
KAUFMANN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
free
school
breakfast
and
lunch
for
students
1
eligible
to
receive
reduced
price
meals
under
federal
2
programs
at
public
schools,
certain
charter
schools,
and
3
certain
nonpublic
schools
and
making
an
appropriation.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
283A.3A
State
funding.
1
1.
Each
school,
including
charter
schools
that
participate
2
in
a
United
States
department
of
agriculture
school
meal
3
program,
and
each
nonpublic
school
participating
in
the
school
4
breakfast
program
or
the
national
school
lunch
program,
shall
5
not
collect
any
payment
from
a
student
for
a
reduced
price
6
breakfast
or
reduced
price
lunch
the
student
is
eligible
to
7
receive
under
the
federal
Richard
B.
Russell
National
School
8
Lunch
Act
of
1946,
Pub.
L.
No.
79-396,
as
amended,
or
the
9
federal
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
Pub.
L.
No.
111-296,
as
10
amended.
11
2.
a.
The
department
of
education
shall,
in
accordance
12
with
section
283A.4,
distribute
to
each
school
operating
a
13
school
breakfast
program
pursuant
to
section
283A.2,
to
each
14
charter
school
participating
in
a
United
States
department
of
15
agriculture
school
meal
program,
and
to
each
nonpublic
school
16
operating
a
school
breakfast
program
in
accordance
with
section
17
283A.10,
an
amount
equal
to
the
difference
between
the
federal
18
reimbursement
rate
for
a
free
breakfast
minus
the
federal
19
reimbursement
rate
for
a
reduced
price
breakfast
multiplied
by
20
the
number
of
breakfasts
provided
by
the
school
or
nonpublic
21
school
for
free
pursuant
to
subsection
1.
22
b.
The
department
of
education
shall,
in
accordance
23
with
section
283A.4,
distribute
to
each
school
operating
a
24
school
lunch
program
pursuant
to
section
283A.2,
to
each
25
charter
school
participating
in
a
United
States
department
26
of
agriculture
school
meal
program,
and
to
each
nonpublic
27
school
operating
a
school
lunch
program
in
accordance
with
28
section
283A.10,
an
amount
equal
to
the
difference
between
the
29
federal
reimbursement
rate
for
a
free
lunch
minus
the
federal
30
reimbursement
rate
for
a
reduced
price
lunch
multiplied
by
the
31
number
of
lunches
provided
by
the
school
or
nonpublic
school
32
for
free
pursuant
to
subsection
1.
33
3.
Each
year
there
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
34
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
an
amount
as
necessary
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to
pay
for
distributions
pursuant
to
subsection
2.
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
breakfast
and
lunch
for
5
students
eligible
to
receive
reduced
price
meals
under
federal
6
programs
at
public
schools,
certain
charter
schools,
and
7
certain
nonpublic
schools.
8
Code
chapter
283A
requires
public
schools,
including
charter
9
schools,
to
operate
or
provide
for
the
operation
of
a
lunch
10
program
according
to
department
of
education
guidelines,
11
and
makes
the
operation
or
provision
of
a
lunch
program
12
optional
for
nonpublic
schools.
Code
chapter
283A
makes
the
13
operation
or
provision
of
a
school
breakfast
program
according
14
to
department
of
education
guidelines
optional
for
public
15
schools,
including
charter
schools,
and
nonpublic
schools.
16
The
bill
prohibits
any
school,
including
charter
schools
that
17
participate
in
a
United
States
department
of
agriculture
school
18
meal
program,
from
collecting
payment
from
a
student
for
a
19
reduced
price
breakfast
or
reduced
price
lunch
the
student
20
is
eligible
to
receive
under
the
Richard
B.
Russell
National
21
School
Lunch
Act
of
1946
or
the
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966.
22
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
education
to
distribute
23
to
each
school
operating
a
school
breakfast
program
an
amount
24
equal
to
the
difference
between
the
federal
reimbursement
rate
25
for
a
free
breakfast
minus
the
federal
reimbursement
rate
for
a
26
reduced
price
breakfast
multiplied
by
the
number
of
breakfasts
27
provided
by
the
school
or
nonpublic
school
for
free
pursuant
28
to
the
bill.
The
bill
makes
a
similar
requirement
for
reduced
29
price
lunches.
The
bill
creates
a
standing
appropriation
from
30
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
31
in
an
amount
as
necessary
to
pay
for
the
costs
of
such
required
32
distributions.
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