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Senate Bill 376 |
Senate Author: Lucio et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
House Sponsor: Rodriguez, Eddie et al. |
Senate Bill 376 amends the Education Code to require a school district campus or an open-enrollment charter school participating in the national school breakfast program provided by the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and in which 80 percent or more of the students qualify for a free or reduced-price breakfast to offer a free breakfast to each student. The bill requires the commissioner of education to grant a one-year waiver of this requirement to a school district campus or charter school if the district's board of trustees or the charter school's governing body votes to request the waiver at the board's or governing body's annual budget meeting, the waiver was listed as a separate item for consideration on the meeting's agenda, and the public was provided an opportunity to comment on the waiver at the meeting.