Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to a program that assists schools and school districts in purchasing fresh farm produce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions
Topics:AgricultureK–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 2, 2023
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa schools can get money back to help pay for fresh food bought directly from local farmers or distributors. The state will provide matching funds up to $5,000 per school to help cover these costs. This program uses money from a special fund to support healthy food options in school cafeterias.1
Read the official explanation
This bill creates a local farm produce program to assist schools and school districts purchasing fresh farm produce directly from farmers or distributors of fresh farm produce (Code chapter 190A). The department of agriculture and land stewardship may reimburse a school or school district for expenditures on such products to the extent moneys are available to support the program. The available moneys would be allocated during the school year on a matching basis, subject to a $5,000 cap. The bill also creates a local farm produce fund to support the program. The bill appropriates moneys from Iowa coronavirus fiscal recovery fund to the local farm produce fund for the period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2024. However, any unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining on December 31, 2024, are transferred to the general fund and appropriated to the economic development authority to support small businesses. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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Tried before
90th General Assembly
Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 239 Relating to a program that assists schools and school districts in purchasing fresh farm p…89th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- HF 2645 Relating to a program that assists schools and school districts in purchasing fresh farm p…88th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
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