Bill Text: IL HB3263 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Farm Fresh Schools Program Act. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, provides that funds from the Farm Fresh Schools Program Fund or from other funding sources shall be used to match $1 for every $3 a school district spends to purchase produce or minimally processed fresh foods directly from a farmer, farmers' cooperative, farmers' market, or local food hub in this State, up to a maximum reimbursement of $1,000 per school district. Makes a corresponding change. Effective July 1, 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-11 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3263 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3263-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning agriculture.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Farm Fresh Schools Program Act is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 124/10)
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| 7 | Sec. 10. Farm Fresh Schools Program. The Department of | ||||||
| 8 | Agriculture, in cooperation with the State Board of Education | ||||||
| 9 | and the Department of Public Health, shall create the Farm | ||||||
| 10 | Fresh Schools Program. The intent of the Program is to reduce | ||||||
| 11 | obesity and improve nutrition and public health, as well as | ||||||
| 12 | strengthen local agricultural economies by increasing access | ||||||
| 13 | to and promoting the consumption of locally grown fruits, and | ||||||
| 14 | vegetables, and minimally processed fresh foods in schools and | ||||||
| 15 | increasing physical activities and programs that promote pupil | ||||||
| 16 | wellness.
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 96-153, eff. 1-1-10.)
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| 18 | (105 ILCS 124/15)
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| 19 | Sec. 15. Grants; matching funds. | ||||||
| 20 | (a) The Department of Agriculture and the State Board of | ||||||
| 21 | Education shall jointly administer a process to review grant | ||||||
| 22 | proposals and award grants on a competitive basis to eligible | ||||||
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| 1 | applicants to implement the Farm Fresh Schools Program. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) The first 6 grants awarded pursuant to the Farm Fresh | ||||||
| 3 | Schools Program shall be awarded in 6 different counties, | ||||||
| 4 | including 3 urban counties and 3 rural counties with a | ||||||
| 5 | significant agricultural economy. | ||||||
| 6 | (c) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, funds from | ||||||
| 7 | the Farm Fresh Schools Program Fund or from other funding | ||||||
| 8 | sources shall be used to match $1 for every $3 a school | ||||||
| 9 | district spends to purchase produce or minimally processed | ||||||
| 10 | fresh foods directly from a farmer, farmers' cooperative, | ||||||
| 11 | farmers' market, or local food hub in this State, up to a | ||||||
| 12 | maximum reimbursement of $1,000 per school district.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 96-153, eff. 1-1-10.)
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| 14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 15 | 2021.
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