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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to free breakfast for certain public school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.901, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.901. BREAKFAST PROGRAMS. (a) If at least 10 |
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percent of the students enrolled in one or more schools in a school |
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district or enrolled in an open-enrollment charter school are |
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eligible for free or reduced-price breakfasts under the national |
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school breakfast program provided for by the Child Nutrition Act of |
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1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773), the governing body of the district or |
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the open-enrollment charter school shall participate in the program |
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and make the benefits of the program available to all eligible |
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students in the schools or school. |
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(b) A school district campus or an open-enrollment charter |
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school participating in the national school breakfast program |
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provided by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773) |
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in which 60 percent or more of the students qualify for a free or |
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reduced-price breakfast shall provide a free breakfast to an |
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elementary school student during school hours. The Department of |
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Agriculture shall reimburse the school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school for any lost revenue or additional cost resulting |
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from a free breakfast provided under this subsection. |
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(c) The Department of Agriculture may adopt rules necessary |
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to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |