It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 16-1-14 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-1 entitled "State Department of Education" is hereby amended to read as follows:

{ADD 16-1-14. Breakfast program established. -- ADD} (a)(1) For the {DEL 1993-1994 DEL} {ADD 1994-1995 ADD} school year, any school district may, with the consent of the Joint Committee on Legislative Services established by section 22-11-1 of the general laws, establish a pilot school breakfast program.

(2) Any costs (other than transportation costs) associated with this program in excess of available federal monies shall be borne exclusively by the state of Rhode Island and not by municipalities.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prevent a school district not covered herein from implementing a school breakfast program in any of its schools.

(c) The department of education may promulgate rules and regulations necessary for implementation of this section in compliance with federal guidelines.

(d) The pilot school program established hereby shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Legislative Services, which shall promulgate regulations governing eligibility for participation in the program.

(e) There shall be appropriated the sum of {DEL one hundred ninety four thousand eight hundred and forty-one dollars ($194,841) DEL} {ADD two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) ADD} to cover the cost of the pilot program established hereby.

SECTION 2. Severability. If any provision of this section or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the section which can be given effect without the invalid provision application, and to this end the provisions of this section are declared to be severable.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.