Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to free school breakfast and lunch for students at public schools and making an appropriation
Topics:State budgetK–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 22, 2023
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 Public schools and charter schools would have to provide one free breakfast and one free lunch to any student who wants them. The state would provide money to cover the cost that federal funding does not pay for. This change ensures that students can eat at their school buildings without having to pay.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to free school breakfast and lunch for students at public schools. Code chapter 283A requires public schools to operate or provide for the operation of a lunch program, and allows public schools to operate or provide for the operation of a breakfast program or to provide access to a breakfast program at an alternative site. The bill requires public schools, including charter schools, to provide each student with one breakfast and one lunch at the student’s attendance center at no cost to the student if the student elects to receive such meals. The bill creates a standing appropriation from the general fund of the state to the department of education in an amount necessary to provide breakfast and lunch to each student at no cost to the student. Such funds may only be used to pay the difference between the cost of meals and federal funding received to pay for meals.2, subsection 2.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 22, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part