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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of free lunch and breakfast to all |
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enrolled students in certain school districts and campuses. |
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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 Section 33.9011 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.9011. OPERATION OF BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAMS IN |
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CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) In this section, "breakfast and lunch |
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program" means the national free or reduced-price breakfast and |
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lunch program established under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq. |
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(b) If at least 60 percent of the students enrolled in a |
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school district are eligible to participate in the breakfast and |
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lunch program, the school district may seek approval to act under |
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the appropriate special assistance provision of the program that |
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allows the school district to: |
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(1) offer free breakfast and lunch to all students |
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enrolled in the district; and |
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(2) reduce administrative costs and requirements |
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associated with the program. |
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(c) If less than 60 percent of the students enrolled in a |
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school district are eligible to participate in the breakfast and |
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lunch program but at least 60 percent of the students enrolled at a |
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particular district campus are eligible to participate in the |
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program, the school district may seek approval to act under the |
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appropriate special assistance provision of the program as provided |
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by Subsection (b) on behalf of the campus. |
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(d) A school district to which Subsection (b) or (c) applies |
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may seek approval to act under the appropriate special assistance |
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provision of the breakfast and lunch program as provided by |
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Subsection (b) for: |
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(1) breakfast only; |
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(2) lunch only; or |
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(3) breakfast and lunch. |
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(e) A school district that does not have sufficient funds to |
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provide free breakfast or lunch to all students enrolled in the |
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district as provided by Subsection (b) or to all students enrolled |
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at a district campus as provided by Subsection (c) may apply to a |
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nonprofit organization, governmental entity, or other source for a |
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grant for that purpose. |
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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. |