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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a periodic 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 March 1 of each odd-numbered year, the agency, with |
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assistance from the Department of Agriculture, shall conduct a |
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study to determine the school districts and open-enrollment charter |
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schools eligible to provide a universal lunch to all students |
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through participation in the Community Eligibility Provision |
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administered by the United States Department of Agriculture, as |
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provided by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. |
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111-296). |
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(b) Not later than May 1 of each odd-numbered year, the |
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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) that does not participate in the Community |
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Eligibility Provision at a majority of their eligible campuses 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 November 15 of each odd-numbered year. |
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(c) If the economic analysis performed by a school district |
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or open-enrollment charter school under Subsection (b) indicates |
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cost savings would result from participation in the Community |
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Eligibility Provision, the district or school must consider |
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participating in the program. |
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(d) If a school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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that would receive cost savings from participation in the Community |
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Eligibility Provision does not implement the program, the district |
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or school shall notify the agency that the district or school did |
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not implement the program and provide details stating the reason |
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the district or school did not implement the program. |
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(e) Not later than January 31 of each even-numbered year, |
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the agency shall submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, |
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speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the |
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legislature a report that includes a list that identifies 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 and the potential cost savings |
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to each district and school that could result from that |
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participation. |
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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. |
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