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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring a minimum amount of eating time for breakfast |
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and lunch for students in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 25.0823 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.0823. REQUIRED MINIMUM EATING TIME. The board of |
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trustees of a school district or the governing body of an |
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open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a policy requiring each |
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campus to ensure that each student who eats a meal on campus is |
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provided at least 10 minutes to eat breakfast and 20 minutes to eat |
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lunch. A district or school may not require a student to participate |
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in any educational instruction or program during the minimum amount |
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of eating time. |
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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 September 1, 2019. |