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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Hunger -Free Campus Grant 2
Program; providing a short title; creating s. 3
1004.092, F.S.; defining terms; establishing the 4
Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program within the Department 5
of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing the 6
purpose of the grant program; requiring the 7
Commissioner of Agriculture to annually designate 8
eligible public postsecondary educational institution 9
campuses as Hunger-Free Campuses; providing that the 10
designation remains in place until the commissioner 11
makes a determination that a campus is no longer 12
eligible and revokes the designation; providing 13
eligibility requirements for a public postsecondary 14
educational institution to participate in the program; 15
providing modified requirements for certain 16
institutions; requiring the commissioner, subject to 17
the appropriation of funds, to award grants to public 18
postsecondary educational institutions that have one 19
or more campuses designated as a Hunger -Free Campus; 20
requiring the commissioner to determine grant amounts; 21
requiring the commissioner to prioritize grants to 22
public postsecondary educational institutions with the 23
highest percentages of eligible Pell Grant recipients 24
enrolled in the student body; specifying the purposes 25
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for which grants must be used; requiring grant 26
recipients to submit reports to the department on how 27
grant awards were used; requiring the commissioner to 28
submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by 29
a specified date; specifying requirements for the 30
report; requiring the department to adopt rules; 31
providing an effective date. 32
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 34
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Section 1. This act may be cited as th e "Hunger-Free 36
Campus Act." 37
Section 2. Section 1004.092, Florida Statutes, is created 38
to read: 39
1004.092 Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program. — 40
(1) For purposes of this section, the term: 41
(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture. 42
(b) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and 43
Consumer Services. 44
(2) The Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program is established 45
within the department. The purpose of the program is to support 46
efforts to fight hunger on the campuses of public postseconda ry 47
educational institutions. 48
(3) The commissioner shall annually designate as Hunger -49
Free Campuses those public postsecondary educational institution 50
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campuses that meet the applicable eligibility requirements 51
specified in subsection (4). The designation remains in place 52
until the commissioner makes a determination that a campus is no 53
longer eligible and revokes the designation. 54
(4)(a) The administration of a public postsecondary 55
educational institution that awards baccalaureate or higher 56
degrees must do all of the following for the campus to be 57
eligible to participate in the program: 58
1. Establish a hunger task force, which includes 59
representatives from the student body and which meets a minimum 60
of three times each academic year, to set a minimum of two 61
annual goals to address hunger on campus, each with an action 62
plan. 63
2. Designate a staff member responsible for assisting 64
students with enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition 65
Assistance Program (SNAP) as defined in s. 414.456(1). 66
3. Provide options for students to use SNAP benefits at 67
campus stores or provide students with information on 68
establishments in the area surrounding the campus where they can 69
use SNAP electronic benefits transfer cards. 70
4. Host an activity or event duri ng Hunger and 71
Homelessness Awareness Week to promote awareness of hunger on 72
this nation's campuses. 73
5. Provide at least one physical food pantry on campus or 74
enable students to receive food at no cost through a separate, 75
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stigma-free process. The campus m ay partner with a local food 76
bank or food pantry to meet this requirement. 77
6. Develop a student meal credit donation program or 78
designate a certain amount of funds for free food vouchers which 79
might otherwise be raised through such a program. 80
7. Annually conduct a student survey on hunger, developed 81
by the department, and submit the results of the survey and a 82
best practices campus profile to the department at a date 83
prescribed by the department for inclusion in a comparative 84
profile of each campus desi gnated as a Hunger-Free Campus. 85
(b) The administration of a public postsecondary 86
educational institution that awards degrees no higher than an 87
associate degree must meet the requirements of subparagraphs 88
(a)1., 2., 4., 5., and 7. for the campus to be eli gible for 89
participation in the program. 90
(5)(a) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the 91
Legislature, the commissioner shall award grants on a 92
competitive basis to public postsecondary educational 93
institutions that have one or more campuses designated as a 94
Hunger-Free Campus. 95
(b) The commissioner shall determine the amount of each 96
grant, prioritizing grants made to public postsecondary 97
educational institutions with the highest percentages of 98
eligible Pell Grant recipients enrolled in the student body . 99
(c) Grants awarded pursuant to this subsection must be 100
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used to: 101
1. Address student hunger; 102
2. Promote sustainable solutions to address basic food 103
needs on campus; 104
3. Raise awareness of services currently offered on campus 105
which address basic food needs; and 106
4. Build partnerships at the local, state, and national 107
levels to address food insecurity among public postsecondary 108
students. 109
(d) Grant recipients shall submit a report to the 110
department, in the manner the department prescribes, which 111
describes how grant awards were used. 112
(6) The commissioner shall submit a report on the program 113
to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of 114
the House of Representatives by July 1, 2024. The report must 115
include, but need not be limite d to, the number and amounts of 116
grants awarded; the impact of the program on establishing 117
Hunger-Free Campuses at public postsecondary educational 118
institutions; the impact of the program on reducing the number 119
of students experiencing food insecurity; and recommendations 120
regarding funding for the program. 121
(7) The department shall adopt rules to implement the 122
program. 123
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 124