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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on participation of public schools in a |
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universal lunch program offered through the United States |
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Department of Agriculture. |
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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. STUDY ON PROVIDING UNIVERSAL LUNCH. (a) Not |
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later than October 1, 2017, the agency, with assistance from the |
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Department of Agriculture, shall conduct a study to determine the |
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school districts and open-enrollment charter schools eligible to |
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provide a universal lunch to all students through participation in |
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the Community Eligibility Provision administered by the United |
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States Department of Agriculture, as provided by the Healthy, |
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Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-296). |
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(b) Not later than December 1, 2017, the agency shall: |
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(1) notify each school district and open-enrollment |
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charter school that is eligible to participate in the Community |
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Eligibility Provision; and |
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(2) require each district and school notified under |
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Subdivision (1) to: |
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(A) perform an economic analysis of cost savings |
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that would result from participation in the program; and |
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(B) report the results of the analysis to the |
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agency not later than December 15, 2017. |
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(c) Not later than January 31, 2018, the agency shall submit |
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a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house |
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of representatives, and members of the legislature on the number of |
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school districts and open-enrollment charter schools eligible to |
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provide a universal lunch to all students through participation in |
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the Community Eligibility Provision and the potential cost savings |
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that could result from that participation. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2018. |
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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, 2017. |