Bill Text: IA SF58 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school lunch and breakfast programs provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Evans, and Winckler. S.J. 151. [SF58 Detail]
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BY
WEINER
,
DOTZLER
,
DONAHUE
,
WINCKLER
,
CELSI
,
BLAKE
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
KNOX
,
BENNETT
,
TOWNSEND
,
STAED
,
PETERSEN
,
QUIRMBACH
,
WAHLS
,
and
BISIGNANO
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
lunch
and
breakfast
programs
provided
1
by
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
charter
2
schools,
and
innovation
zone
schools,
making
appropriations,
3
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0t.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
3
requirements
of
section
283A.6
relating
to
free
school
lunch
4
and
breakfast
programs
in
the
same
manner
as
a
school
district.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
256F.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
6
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
7
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
r.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
8
requirements
of
section
283A.6
relating
to
free
school
lunch
9
and
breakfast
programs
in
the
same
manner
as
a
school
district.
10
Sec.
3.
Section
283A.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
11
to
read
as
follows:
12
2.
A
school
district
shall
operate
or
provide
for
the
13
operation
of
lunch
programs
at
all
attendance
centers
in
14
the
district.
A
Unless
required
under
section
283A.6,
a
15
school
district
may
operate
or
provide
for
the
operation
of
16
school
breakfast
programs
at
all
attendance
centers
in
the
17
district,
or
provide
access
to
a
school
breakfast
program
at
18
an
alternative
site
to
students
who
wish
to
participate
in
a
19
school
breakfast
program.
The
programs
shall
provide
students
20
with
nutritionally
adequate
meals
and
shall
be
operated
in
21
compliance
with
the
rules
of
the
state
board
of
education
and
22
pertinent
federal
law
and
regulation.
The
school
lunch
program
23
shall
be
provided
for
all
students
in
each
district
who
attend
24
public
school
four
or
more
hours
each
school
day
and
wish
to
25
participate
in
a
school
lunch
program.
School
districts
may
26
provide
school
breakfast
and
lunch
programs
for
other
students.
27
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
283A.6
Free
school
lunch
and
breakfast
28
programs.
29
1.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
ending
30
June
30,
2026,
each
school
district
described
in
chapter
31
274,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
charter
school
organized
32
under
chapter
256E,
and
charter
school
or
innovation
zone
33
school
organized
under
chapter
256F
shall
operate
a
program
34
under
which
breakfasts
and
lunches
are
served
to
students
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in
attendance
at
no
charge
to
the
student
or
the
student’s
1
family
if
the
student’s
family
has
a
family
income
that
is
less
2
than
or
equal
to
three
hundred
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
3
level
as
defined
by
the
most
recently
revised
poverty
income
4
guidelines
published
by
the
United
States
department
of
health
5
and
human
services.
Meals
served
pursuant
to
this
subsection
6
shall
be
nutritionally
adequate
meals.
This
subsection
is
7
repealed
July
1,
2026.
8
2.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2026,
and
ending
9
June
30,
2027,
each
school
district
described
in
chapter
10
274,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
charter
school
organized
11
under
chapter
256E,
and
charter
school
or
innovation
zone
12
school
organized
under
chapter
256F
shall
operate
a
program
13
under
which
breakfasts
and
lunches
are
served
to
students
14
in
attendance
at
no
charge
to
the
student
or
the
student’s
15
family
if
the
student’s
family
has
a
family
income
that
is
less
16
than
or
equal
to
four
hundred
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
17
level
as
defined
by
the
most
recently
revised
poverty
income
18
guidelines
published
by
the
United
States
department
of
health
19
and
human
services.
Meals
served
pursuant
to
this
subsection
20
shall
be
nutritionally
adequate
meals.
This
subsection
is
21
repealed
July
1,
2027.
22
3.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2027,
and
for
23
each
fiscal
year
thereafter,
each
school
district
described
24
in
chapter
274,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
charter
school
25
organized
under
chapter
256E,
and
charter
school
or
innovation
26
zone
school
organized
under
chapter
256F
shall
operate
a
27
program
under
which
breakfasts
and
lunches
are
served
to
28
students
in
attendance
at
no
charge
to
the
student
or
the
29
student’s
family.
Meals
served
pursuant
to
this
subsection
30
shall
be
nutritionally
adequate
meals.
31
4.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
for
32
each
fiscal
year
thereafter,
there
is
appropriated
from
the
33
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
an
34
amount
necessary
to
make
the
payments
to
school
districts
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described
in
chapter
274,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
charter
1
schools
organized
under
chapter
256E,
and
charter
schools
and
2
innovation
zone
schools
organized
under
chapter
256F
necessary
3
to
cover
the
costs
of
providing
school
lunches
and
school
4
breakfasts
pursuant
to
this
section
that
are
not
covered
by
any
5
Act
of
Congress
and
appropriated
to
the
state
of
Iowa
for
use
6
in
connection
with
school
breakfast
or
lunch
programs.
7
5.
The
state
board
of
education
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
8
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
9
Sec.
5.
Section
283A.10,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
10
follows:
11
283A.10
School
breakfast
or
lunch
in
nonpublic
schools.
12
The
Unless
required
under
section
283A.6,
the
authorities
13
in
charge
of
nonpublic
schools
may
operate
or
provide
for
the
14
operation
of
school
breakfast
or
lunch
programs
in
schools
15
under
their
jurisdiction
and
may
use
funds
appropriated
to
16
them
by
the
general
assembly,
gifts,
funds
received
from
sale
17
of
school
breakfasts
or
lunches
under
such
programs,
and
any
18
other
funds
available
to
the
nonpublic
school.
However,
19
unless
required
under
section
283A.6,
school
breakfast
or
20
lunch
programs
shall
not
be
required
in
nonpublic
schools.
21
The
department
of
education
shall
direct
the
disbursement
of
22
state
funds
to
nonpublic
schools
for
school
breakfast
or
lunch
23
programs
in
the
same
manner
as
state
funds
are
disbursed
to
24
public
schools.
If
a
nonpublic
school
receives
state
funds
for
25
the
operation
of
a
school
breakfast
or
lunch
program,
meals
26
served
under
the
program
shall
be
nutritionally
adequate
meals,
27
as
defined
in
section
283A.1
.
28
Sec.
6.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
29
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
school
lunch
and
breakfast
programs
34
provided
by
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
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charter
schools,
and
innovation
zone
schools
(schools).
1
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
ending
June
2
30,
2026,
the
bill
requires
each
school
to
operate
a
program
3
under
which
breakfasts
and
lunches
are
served
to
students
in
4
attendance
at
no
charge
to
the
student
or
the
student’s
family
5
if
the
student’s
family
has
a
family
income
that
is
less
than
6
or
equal
to
300
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level.
For
the
7
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2026,
and
ending
June
30,
2027,
8
the
bill
requires
each
school
to
operate
such
a
program
if
9
the
student’s
family
has
a
family
income
that
is
less
than
or
10
equal
to
400
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level.
For
the
11
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2027,
and
for
each
fiscal
year
12
thereafter,
the
bill
requires
each
school
to
operate
such
a
13
program
regardless
of
the
income
of
the
student’s
family.
14
The
bill
appropriates
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
15
the
department
of
education
an
amount
necessary
to
make
the
16
payments
to
schools
necessary
to
cover
the
costs
of
providing
17
free
school
lunches
and
school
breakfasts
that
are
not
covered
18
by
any
Act
of
Congress
and
appropriated
to
the
state
of
Iowa
19
for
use
in
connection
with
school
breakfast
or
lunch
programs.
20
The
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
education
to
adopt
rules
21
to
administer
these
provisions.
The
bill
makes
conforming
22
changes.
23
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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