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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to breakfast programs for 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) With the goal of improving childhood nutrition, |
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alleviating childhood obesity, and improving academic performance, |
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the commissioner shall encourage all school district and |
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open-enrollment charter school campuses to create healthy |
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breakfast programs in partnership with the Texas Association for |
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School Nutrition or a similar organization that promotes child |
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nutrition programs. If a campus has implemented a coordinated |
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health program under Section 38.013, a breakfast program shall be |
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incorporated into that program. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2011. |