Bill Text: IA SF303 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to free school breakfast and lunch for students at public schools and making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-22 - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Donahue, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 393. [SF303 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF303-Introduced.html
Senate
File
303
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
303
BY
WEINER
,
DONAHUE
,
DOTZLER
,
PETERSEN
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
BISIGNANO
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
WAHLS
,
KNOX
,
BOULTON
,
WINCKLER
,
CELSI
,
and
QUIRMBACH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
free
school
breakfast
and
lunch
for
students
1
at
public
schools
and
making
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
283A.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
A
school
district
shall
operate
or
provide
for
the
3
operation
of
breakfast
and
lunch
programs
at
all
attendance
4
centers
in
the
district.
A
school
district
may
operate
or
5
provide
for
the
operation
of
school
breakfast
programs
at
all
6
attendance
centers
in
the
district,
or
provide
access
to
a
7
school
breakfast
program
at
an
alternative
site
to
students
8
who
wish
to
participate
in
a
school
breakfast
program.
The
9
programs
shall
provide
students
with
nutritionally
adequate
10
meals
and
shall
be
operated
in
compliance
with
the
rules
of
11
the
state
board
of
education
and
pertinent
federal
law
and
12
regulation.
The
school
breakfast
and
lunch
program
shall
13
be
provided
for
all
students
in
each
district
who
attend
14
public
school
four
or
more
hours
each
school
day
and
wish
to
15
participate
in
a
school
breakfast
and
lunch
program.
School
16
districts
may
provide
school
breakfast
and
lunch
programs
for
17
other
students.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
283A.2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
19
following
new
subsections:
20
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
Each
school
shall
provide
each
student
21
with
one
breakfast
and
one
lunch
each
school
day
at
no
cost
to
22
the
student
if
the
student
elects
to
receive
such
meals.
23
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
Each
year
there
is
appropriated
from
24
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
an
25
amount
necessary
to
provide
breakfast
and
lunch
to
each
student
26
at
no
cost
to
the
student.
Such
funds
shall
be
used
only
to
pay
27
the
difference
between
the
cost
of
meals
and
federal
funding
28
received
to
pay
for
meals.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
relates
to
free
school
breakfast
and
lunch
for
33
students
at
public
schools.
34
Code
chapter
283A
requires
public
schools
to
operate
or
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provide
for
the
operation
of
a
lunch
program,
and
allows
public
1
schools
to
operate
or
provide
for
the
operation
of
a
breakfast
2
program
or
to
provide
access
to
a
breakfast
program
at
an
3
alternative
site.
The
bill
requires
public
schools,
including
4
charter
schools,
to
provide
each
student
with
one
breakfast
and
5
one
lunch
at
the
student’s
attendance
center
at
no
cost
to
the
6
student
if
the
student
elects
to
receive
such
meals.
7
The
bill
creates
a
standing
appropriation
from
the
general
8
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
in
an
amount
9
necessary
to
provide
breakfast
and
lunch
to
each
student
at
10
no
cost
to
the
student.
Such
funds
may
only
be
used
to
pay
11
the
difference
between
the
cost
of
meals
and
federal
funding
12
received
to
pay
for
meals.
13
The
bill
makes
conforming
changes
to
Code
section
283A.2,
14
subsection
2.
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