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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID | |
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Introduced By: Senators Acosta, Cano, Kallman, DiMario, Lawson, Mack, Gu, Quezada, | |
Date Introduced: January 12, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Sections 16-8-10 and 16-8-10.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-8 entitled |
2 | "Federal Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" are hereby |
3 | amended to read as follows: |
4 | 16-8-10. Mandatory school lunch programs. |
5 | All public elementary and secondary schools shall be required to make breakfast and type |
6 | A lunches available to students attending those schools in accordance with rules and regulations |
7 | adopted from time to time by the department of elementary and secondary education. To the extent |
8 | that federal, state, and other funds are available, free and reduced price Free breakfast and type A |
9 | lunches shall be provided to all students from families that meet the current specific criteria |
10 | established by federal and state regulations. The requirement that free breakfast and type A lunches |
11 | be provided shall apply to locally managed school breakfast and lunch programs, and school |
12 | breakfast and lunch programs administered directly by the department of elementary and secondary |
13 | education or by any other public agency whether using school facilities or a commercial catering |
14 | service. The department of elementary and secondary education is further authorized to expand the |
15 | school breakfast and lunch program programs to the extent that federal, state, and/or local funds |
16 | are available by the utilization of one or more food preparation centers for delivery to participating |
17 | schools for the purpose of providing meals to students on a more economical basis than could be |
18 | provided by a community acting individually. |
19 | 16-8-10.1. Mandatory school breakfast programs. |
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1 | (a) All public schools shall make a free breakfast program available to students attending |
2 | the school, in compliance with the provision of § 16-8-10. The breakfast meal shall meet any rules |
3 | and regulations that are adopted by the commissioner; provided that no student or the student's |
4 | family shall be charged for the breakfast. |
5 | (b) The state of Rhode Island shall provide school districts a per breakfast subsidy for each |
6 | breakfast served to students. The general assembly shall annually appropriate some sum and |
7 | distribute it based on each district’s proportion of the number of breakfasts served in the prior |
8 | school year relative to the statewide total in the same year. This subsidy shall augment the nonprofit |
9 | school food service account and be used for expenses incurred in providing nutritious breakfast |
10 | meals to students. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID | |
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1 | This act would require free breakfast and lunches to be provided for all elementary and |
2 | secondary students attending public schools. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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