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Senate Bill 89 |
Senate Author: Lucio et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Rodriguez, Eddie |
Senate Bill 89 amends the Agriculture Code to require a school district in which 50 percent or more of the students are eligible to participate in the national free or reduced-price lunch program to provide or arrange for the provision of a summer nutrition program for at least 30 days during the district's summer recess. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture, not later than October 31 of each year, to notify each school district of the district's responsibility concerning provision of a summer nutrition program during the next period in which school is recessed for the summer and requires each district so notified either to inform the department of its intent to comply with the requirement or to request a waiver not later than January 31 of the year after the year in which it received the notice. The bill authorizes the department to grant a school district a one-year waiver of that requirement under certain conditions and establishes a timeline, procedures, and the conditions for requesting and granting such a waiver. The bill requires the department, not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, to provide to the legislature by e-mail a report that identifies each affected school that was notified by the department and indicates whether the district provided or arranged for the provision of such a program or failed to do so without a waiver, identifies program funding sources, and identifies the total amount of any profit made or loss incurred through the summer nutrition program. The bill requires the department to post and maintain the most recent report on its Internet website.
Senate Bill 89 amends the Human Resources Code to repeal provisions relating to the summer food service program.