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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the program to provide free or reduced-price meals to |
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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. Sections 33.901(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If at least 10 percent of the students enrolled in one or |
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more schools in a school district or enrolled in an open-enrollment |
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charter school are eligible for free or reduced-price breakfasts |
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under the national school breakfast program provided for by the |
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Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773), the board of |
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trustees of the school district or the governing body of the |
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open-enrollment charter school may [shall either]: |
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(1) participate in the national program and make the |
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benefits of the national program available to all eligible students |
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in the schools or school; or |
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(2) develop and implement a locally funded program to |
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provide free meals, including breakfast and lunch, to each student |
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eligible for free meals under federal law and reduced-price meals, |
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including breakfast and lunch, to each student eligible for |
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reduced-price meals under federal law, provided that the reduced |
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price may not exceed the maximum allowable rate under federal law. |
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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 for by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section |
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1773) or providing a locally funded program in which 80 percent or |
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more of the students qualify under the national program for a free |
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or reduced-price breakfast may [shall] offer a free breakfast to |
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each student. |
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SECTION 2. Section 33.901(c), Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2017. |