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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study of methods to increase public school student |
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participation in the national school breakfast program and school |
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district participation in a special assistance provision of the |
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national free or reduced-price breakfast or lunch program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Sections 33.9011 and 33.9012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.9011. STUDY REGARDING PARTICIPATION IN BREAKFAST |
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PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "breakfast program" means the |
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national school breakfast program provided for by the Child |
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Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773). |
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(b) The agency shall conduct a study to identify methods for |
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increasing the number of students who participate in the breakfast |
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program, including: |
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(1) conducting a cost-benefit analysis in school |
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districts in which 60 percent or more of the students qualify for |
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free or reduced-priced breakfast to determine the impact of |
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providing a free breakfast to: |
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(A) students who would otherwise pay a reduced |
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price for breakfast; and |
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(B) all students in the district regardless of |
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family income; and |
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(2) identifying programs and practices in school |
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districts in this state and other states that are effective in |
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increasing participation in the breakfast program. |
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(c) The cost-benefit analysis required under Subsection (b) |
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must: |
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(1) include an analysis of school districts that |
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provide free breakfast to all students in the district regardless |
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of family income; and |
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(2) assess: |
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(A) administrative costs to a school district; |
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(B) federal reimbursement made to a school |
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district for free or reduced-price breakfast; |
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(C) cost per breakfast to a school district; and |
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(D) participation of students in the breakfast |
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program. |
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(d) Not later than October 31, 2008, the commissioner shall |
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prepare and deliver a report describing the results of the study to |
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the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of |
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representatives. The report must: |
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(1) include the cost-benefit analysis required under |
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Subsection (b); |
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(2) outline effective programs and practices |
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identified under Subsection (b); and |
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(3) recommend to the legislature methods for |
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increasing participation in the breakfast program. |
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(e) This subsection expires January 1, 2009. |
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Sec. 33.9012. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAMS RESTRICTIONS. |
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(a) In this section: |
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(1) "Breakfast and lunch program" means the national |
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free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch program established under |
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42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq. |
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(2) "Special assistance provision of the breakfast or |
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lunch program" means the special assistance certification and |
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reimbursement alternative of the breakfast or lunch program that |
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allows a school district or a campus in a school district to offer |
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free breakfast or lunch to all students enrolled in that district or |
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campus. |
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(b) The agency may not impose a standard or requirement on a |
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school district's application to act under the special assistance |
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provision of the breakfast or lunch program that is more |
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restrictive than a federal standard or requirement applicable to |
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the provision. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |