Bill Text: VA HB587 | 2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program; processing of applications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424) [HB587 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB587-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §22.1-207.2:2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§22.1-207.2:2. School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program; applications.
A. Each local school board that collects information to determine eligibility for participation in the School Breakfast Program or the National School Lunch Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shall establish and post prominently on its website a web-based application for student participation in such program and shall continue to provide a paper-based application.
B. Each public elementary or secondary school shall process each web-based or paper-based application for participation in the School Breakfast Program or the National School Lunch Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture within six working days after the date of receipt of the completed application.
2. That school divisions that cannot currently comply with the requirements set forth in the first enactment of this act shall develop a plan for ensuring compliance by August 1, 2023.
3. That the provisions of the first enactment of this act shall become effective on August 1, 2023.
