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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring certain public school campuses to donate and |
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distribute food to students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.907, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) and except as provided |
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by Subsection (b-2), a school district or open-enrollment charter |
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school shall require a campus in which 70 percent or more of the |
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students attending the campus are eligible for enrollment in the |
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national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches to |
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donate food to a nonprofit organization to be distributed to |
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students at the campus as provided by this section. |
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(b-2) A school district subject to Subsection (b-1) is not |
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required to donate food to a nonprofit organization if the campus: |
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(1) does not have a significant amount of surplus food |
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to donate as determined by the district; or |
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(2) donates food to an alternative program operated to |
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address hunger issues in the district in which the campus is |
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located. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |