Indiana 2024 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1066 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1066
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 21-18-21.
7	7	Synopsis: Hunger-free campus grant program. Establishes the
8	8	hunger-free campus grant program (grant program) to provide grants
9	9	to state educational institutions for purposes of addressing food
10	10	insecurity among students enrolled in state educational institutions.
11	11	Provides that the commission for higher education (commission) shall
12	12	provide a grant under the grant program to a state educational
13	13	institution, if at least one campus is designated by the commission as
14	14	a hunger-free campus. Establishes criteria that a campus of a state
15	15	educational institution must meet in order to be designated a
16	16	hunger-free campus. Makes an appropriation.
17	17	Effective: July 1, 2024.
18	18	Harris
19	19	January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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21	21	Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
22	22	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
23	23	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
24	24	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
25	25	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
26	26	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
27	27	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
28	28	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
29	29	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
30	30	between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
31	31	HOUSE BILL No. 1066
32	32	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
33	33	higher education and to make an appropriation.
34	34	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
35	35	1 SECTION 1. IC 21-18-21 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
36	36	2 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
37	37	3 JULY 1, 2024]:
38	38	4 Chapter 21. Hunger-Free Campus Program
39	39	5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "grant fund" refers to the
40	40	6 hunger-free campus grant fund established by section 5 of this
41	41	7 chapter.
42	42	8 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "grant program" refers to the
43	43	9 hunger-free campus grant program established by section 4 of this
44	44	10 chapter.
45	45	11 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "SNAP" refers to the
46	46	12 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under IC 12-14-30.
47	47	13 Sec. 4. (a) The hunger-free campus grant program is established
48	48	14 to provide grants on a competitive basis to state educational
49	49	15 institutions for the purposes of:
50	50	16 (1) addressing student hunger;
51	51	17 (2) leveraging sustainable solutions to address the basic needs
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53	53	1 of students at state educational institutions;
54	54	2 (3) raising awareness of the basic needs services offered at
55	55	3 state educational institutions; and
56	56	4 (4) building strategic partnerships at the local, state, and
57	57	5 national levels to address food insecurity among students at
58	58	6 postsecondary educational institutions.
59	59	7 (b) The commission shall administer the grant program.
60	60	8 Sec. 5. (a) The hunger-free campus grant fund is established for
61	61	9 the purpose of providing grants to state educational institutions
62	62	10 under the grant program.
63	63	11 (b) The commission shall administer the grant fund.
64	64	12 (c) The grant fund consists of:
65	65	13 (1) money appropriated to the grant fund by the general
66	66	14 assembly;
67	67	15 (2) money transferred to the grant fund by the commission;
68	68	16 and
69	69	17 (3) gifts, grants, devises, bequests, and other donations made
70	70	18 to the grant fund.
71	71	19 (d) The expenses of administering the grant fund shall be paid
72	72	20 from money in the fund.
73	73	21 (e) Money in the grant fund at the end of a state fiscal year does
74	74	22 not revert to the state general fund but remains available to be:
75	75	23 (1) used for the purposes of the grant program; or
76	76	24 (2) transferred by the commission to another fund
77	77	25 administered by the commission.
78	78	26 Sec. 6. (a) To the extent that sufficient money is available in the
79	79	27 grant fund, the commission shall provide a grant from the grant
80	80	28 fund to a state educational institution if the commission designates
81	81	29 at least one (1) campus of the state educational institution as a
82	82	30 hunger-free campus.
83	83	31 (b) A campus of a state educational institution that meets the
84	84	32 following requirements may be designated by the commission as a
85	85	33 hunger-free campus:
86	86	34 (1) The campus establishes a hunger task force that:
87	87	35 (A) includes student representatives from the student body
88	88	36 of the campus;
89	89	37 (B) meets at least three (3) times each academic year; and
90	90	38 (C) sets at least two (2) goals with action plans in
91	91	39 furtherance of the purposes described in section 4(a) of this
92	92	40 chapter.
93	93	41 (2) The campus designates a member of the campus's staff to
94	94	42 be responsible for providing students with information
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96	96	1 regarding enrollment in SNAP.
97	97	2 (3) The campus:
98	98	3 (A) allows students to use SNAP benefits at campus stores;
99	99	4 or
100	100	5 (B) provides students with information regarding
101	101	6 establishments in the surrounding area at which students
102	102	7 can use SNAP electronic benefits transfers.
103	103	8 (4) The campus holds an awareness day campaign activity or
104	104	9 event during the national hunger and homelessness awareness
105	105	10 week.
106	106	11 (5) The campus:
107	107	12 (A) provides at least one (1) physical food pantry on
108	108	13 campus; or
109	109	14 (B) enables students to receive food through a separate,
110	110	15 stigma-free arrangement.
111	111	16 (6) The campus:
112	112	17 (A) develops a student meal credit donation program; or
113	113	18 (B) allocates a designated amount of funds for free food
114	114	19 vouchers for students.
115	115	20 (7) The campus biannually:
116	116	21 (A) conducts a student survey on hunger developed by the
117	117	22 commission; and
118	118	23 (B) submits:
119	119	24 (i) the results of the survey; and
120	120	25 (ii) a best practices campus profile;
121	121	26 to the commission at a time prescribed by the commission.
122	122	27 (c) The commission shall determine the amount of a grant
123	123	28 provided to a state educational institution under this section.
124	124	29 (d) The commission shall give priority to a state educational
125	125	30 institution where a larger proportion of the state educational
126	126	31 institution's student body is receiving a Pell grant when providing
127	127	32 a grant under this section.
128	128	33 (e) A state educational institution that receives a grant under
129	129	34 this section shall:
130	130	35 (1) use the grant funds for the purposes described in section
131	131	36 4(a) of this chapter; and
132	132	37 (2) report to the commission, in the manner and on the
133	133	38 schedule prescribed by the commission, the purposes for
134	134	39 which the grant funds were used and the results obtained by
135	135	40 the state educational institution as a result of the state
136	136	41 educational institution's use of the grant funds.
137	137	42 (f) A state educational institution may partner with a local food
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139	139	1 bank or food pantry to meet the requirement under subsection
140	140	2 (b)(5).
141	141	3 (g) In the development of the survey under subsection (b)(7), the
142	142	4 commission shall use any existing surveys designed to collect
143	143	5 information regarding food insecurity among students enrolled in
144	144	6 state educational institutions.
145	145	7 (h) The commission shall use the results of the survey under
146	146	8 subsection (b)(7) to compile and publish on the commission's
147	147	9 website a comparative profile of each campus designated as a
148	148	10 hunger-free campus.
149	149	11 Sec. 7. (a) Not later than July 1, 2027, the commission shall
150	150	12 submit to the governor, the president pro tempore of the senate,
151	151	13 and the speaker of the house of representatives a report regarding
152	152	14 the grant program that includes:
153	153	15 (1) the number of grants awarded under the grant program
154	154	16 and the amount of each grant;
155	155	17 (2) a description of the effect the grant program has had on
156	156	18 establishing additional hunger-free campuses at state
157	157	19 educational institutions and reducing the number of students
158	158	20 at state educational institutions experiencing food insecurity;
159	159	21 and
160	160	22 (3) the commission's recommendations regarding the
161	161	23 potential establishment of an annual appropriation for the
162	162	24 grant program.
163	163	25 (b) A report submitted to the president pro tempore of the
164	164	26 senate and the speaker of the house of representatives must be in
165	165	27 an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
166	166	28 Sec. 8. The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
167	167	29 carry out this chapter.
168	168	30 Sec. 9. (a) The commission shall transfer:
169	169	31 (1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from the funds
170	170	32 appropriated to the commission for the state fiscal year
171	171	33 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026; and
172	172	34 (2) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) from the
173	173	35 funds appropriated to the commission for the state fiscal year
174	174	36 beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027;
175	175	37 to the grant fund for the purpose of providing grants under this
176	176	38 chapter.
177	177	39 (b) This section expires December 31, 2027.
178	178	40 SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024] (a) There is
179	179	41 appropriated from the state general fund to the hunger-free
180	180	42 campus grant fund established by IC 21-18-21-5, as added by this
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182	182	1 act, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the state
183	183	2 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, for
184	184	3 use by the commission for higher education in providing grants
185	185	4 under IC 21-18-21, as added by this act.
186	186	5 (b) This SECTION expires December 31, 2025.
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