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Indiana Senate Bill SB0051

Indiana 2023 Regular Session

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2-January 24, 2023
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2+Introduced Version
33 SENATE BILL No. 51
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5-DIGEST OF SB 51 (Updated January 23, 2023 2:46 pm - DI 140)
6-Citations Affected: IC 21-18; noncode.
7-Synopsis: Hunger-free campus grant program. Establishes the
8-hunger-free campus grant program (grant program) to provide grants
9-to state educational institutions for purposes of addressing food
10-insecurity among students enrolled in state educational institutions.
11-Provides that the commission for higher education (commission) shall
12-provide a grant under the grant program to a state educational
13-institution, if at least one campus is designated by the commission as
14-a hunger-free campus. Establishes criteria that a campus of a state
15-educational institution must meet in order to be designated a
16-hunger-free campus. Makes an appropriation.
5+DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6+Citations Affected: IC 21.
7+Synopsis: Vehicle Bill.
178 Effective: July 1, 2023.
18- Yoder
9+Taylor G
1910 January 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
2011 Procedure.
21-January 23, 2023, amended; reassigned to Committee on Education and Career
22-Development.
23-SB 51—LS 6163/DI 13 January 24, 2023
12+2023 IN 51—LS 6163/DI 13 Introduced
2413 First Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2023)
2514 PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
2615 Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
2716 additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
2817 Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
2918 provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
3019 word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
3120 a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
3221 Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
3322 between statutes enacted by the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
3423 SENATE BILL No. 51
3524 A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
36-higher education and to make an appropriation.
25+higher education.
3726 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
38-1 SECTION 1. IC 21-18-18 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
39-2 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
40-3 JULY 1, 2023]:
41-4 Chapter 18. Hunger-Free Campus Program
42-5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "grant fund" refers to the
43-6 hunger-free campus grant fund established by section 5 of this
44-7 chapter.
45-8 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "grant program" refers to the
46-9 hunger-free campus grant program established by section 4 of this
47-10 chapter.
48-11 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "SNAP" refers to the
49-12 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under IC 12-14-30.
50-13 Sec. 4. (a) The hunger-free campus grant program is established
51-14 to provide grants on a competitive basis to state educational
52-15 institutions for the purposes of:
53-16 (1) addressing student hunger;
54-17 (2) leveraging sustainable solutions to address the basic needs
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56-1 of students at state educational institutions;
57-2 (3) raising awareness of the basic needs services offered at
58-3 state educational institutions; and
59-4 (4) building strategic partnerships at the local, state, and
60-5 national levels to address food insecurity among students at
61-6 postsecondary educational institutions.
62-7 (b) The commission shall administer the grant program.
63-8 Sec. 5. (a) The hunger-free campus grant fund is established for
64-9 the purpose of providing grants to state educational institutions
65-10 under the grant program.
66-11 (b) The commission shall administer the grant fund.
67-12 (c) The grant fund consists of:
68-13 (1) money appropriated to the grant fund by the general
69-14 assembly;
70-15 (2) money transferred to the grant fund by the commission;
71-16 and
72-17 (3) gifts, grants, devises, bequests, and other donations made
73-18 to the grant fund.
74-19 (d) The expenses of administering the grant fund shall be paid
75-20 from money in the fund.
76-21 (e) Money in the grant fund at the end of a state fiscal year does
77-22 not revert to the state general fund but remains available to be:
78-23 (1) used for the purposes of the grant program; or
79-24 (2) transferred by the commission to another fund
80-25 administered by the commission.
81-26 Sec. 6. (a) To the extent that sufficient money is available in the
82-27 grant fund, the commission shall provide a grant from the grant
83-28 fund to a state educational institution if the commission designates
84-29 at least one (1) campus of the state educational institution as a
85-30 hunger-free campus.
86-31 (b) A campus of a state educational institution that meets the
87-32 following requirements may be designated by the commission as a
88-33 hunger-free campus:
89-34 (1) The campus establishes a hunger task force that:
90-35 (A) includes student representatives from the student body
91-36 of the campus;
92-37 (B) meets at least three (3) times each academic year; and
93-38 (C) sets at least two (2) goals with action plans in
94-39 furtherance of the purposes described in section 4(a) of this
95-40 chapter.
96-41 (2) The campus designates a member of the campus's staff to
97-42 be responsible for providing students with information
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99-1 regarding enrollment in SNAP.
100-2 (3) The campus:
101-3 (A) allows students to use SNAP benefits at campus stores;
102-4 or
103-5 (B) provides students with information regarding
104-6 establishments in the surrounding area at which students
105-7 can use SNAP electronic benefits transfers.
106-8 (4) The campus holds an awareness day campaign activity or
107-9 event during the national hunger and homelessness awareness
108-10 week.
109-11 (5) The campus:
110-12 (A) provides at least one (1) physical food pantry on
111-13 campus; or
112-14 (B) enables students to receive food through a separate,
113-15 stigma-free arrangement.
114-16 (6) The campus:
115-17 (A) develops a student meal credit donation program; or
116-18 (B) allocates a designated amount of funds for free food
117-19 vouchers for students.
118-20 (7) The campus biannually:
119-21 (A) conducts a student survey on hunger developed by the
120-22 commission; and
121-23 (B) submits:
122-24 (i) the results of the survey; and
123-25 (ii) a best practices campus profile;
124-26 to the commission at a time prescribed by the commission.
125-27 (c) The commission shall determine the amount of a grant
126-28 provided to a state educational institution under this section.
127-29 (d) The commission shall give priority to a state educational
128-30 institution where a larger proportion of the state educational
129-31 institution's student body is receiving a Pell grant when providing
130-32 a grant under this section.
131-33 (e) A state educational institution that receives a grant under
132-34 this section shall:
133-35 (1) use the grant funds for the purposes described in section
134-36 4(a) of this chapter; and
135-37 (2) report to the commission, in the manner and on the
136-38 schedule prescribed by the commission, the purposes for
137-39 which the grant funds were used and the results obtained by
138-40 the state educational institution as a result of the state
139-41 education institution's use of the grant funds.
140-42 (f) A state educational institution may partner with a local food
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142-1 bank or food pantry to meet the requirement under subsection
143-2 (b)(5).
144-3 (g) In the development of the survey under subsection (b)(7), the
145-4 commission shall use any existing surveys designed to collect
146-5 information regarding food insecurity among students enrolled in
147-6 state educational institutions.
148-7 (h) The commission shall use the results of the survey under
149-8 subsection (b)(7) to compile and publish on the commission's
150-9 website a comparative profile of each campus designated as a
151-10 hunger-free campus.
152-11 Sec. 7. (a) Not later than July 1, 2026, the commission shall
153-12 submit to the governor, the president pro tempore of the senate,
154-13 and the speaker of the house of representatives a report regarding
155-14 the grant program that includes:
156-15 (1) the number of grants awarded under the grant program
157-16 and the amount of each grant;
158-17 (2) a description of the effect the grant program has had on
159-18 establishing additional hunger-free campuses at state
160-19 educational institutions and reducing the number of students
161-20 at state educational institutions experiencing food insecurity;
162-21 and
163-22 (3) the commission's recommendations regarding the
164-23 potential establishment of an annual appropriation for the
165-24 grant program.
166-25 (b) A report submitted to the president pro tempore of the
167-26 senate and the speaker of the house of representatives must be in
168-27 an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
169-28 Sec. 8. The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2
170-29 necessary to implement this chapter.
171-30 Sec. 9. (a) The commission shall transfer:
172-31 (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from the funds
173-32 appropriated to the commission for the state fiscal year
174-33 beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025; and
175-34 (2) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) from the
176-35 funds appropriated to the commission for the state fiscal year
177-36 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026;
178-37 to the grant fund for the purpose of providing grants under this
179-38 chapter.
180-39 (b) This section expires December 31, 2026.
181-40 SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023] (a) There is
182-41 appropriated from the state general fund to the hunger-free
183-42 campus grant fund established by IC 21-18-18-5, as added by this
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185-1 act, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the state
186-2 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, for
187-3 use by the commission for higher education in providing grants
188-4 under IC 21-18-18, as added by this act.
189-5 (b) This SECTION expires December 31, 2024.
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191-COMMITTEE REPORT
192-Madam President: The Senate Committee on Rules and Legislative
193-Procedure, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 51, has had the same
194-under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
195-Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as
196-follows:
197-Delete the title and insert the following:
198-A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
199-higher education and to make an appropriation.
200-Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
201-(SEE TEXT OF BILL)
202-and when so amended that said bill be reassigned to the Senate
203-Committee on Education and Career Development.
204-(Reference is to SB 51 as introduced.)
205-BRAY, Chairperson
206-SB 51—LS 6163/DI 13
27+1 SECTION 1. IC 21 is amended concerning higher education.
28+2023 IN 51—LS 6163/DI 13