HLS 14RS-3427 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 114
BY REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK WILLIAMS
BESE: Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a rule
relative to student lunch time
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a rule2
relative to requirements with respect to student lunch time.3
WHEREAS, meals provided at public schools serve to meet the nutritional needs of4
students; and5
WHEREAS, proper nutrition for students leads to better health outcomes and higher6
levels of academic achievement; and7
WHEREAS, proper nutrition requires that students have enough seated lunch time8
during the lunch period to fully consume their food; and9
WHEREAS, the presence of state mandated assessments may encourage teachers and10
administrators to curtail the length of the student lunch period in order to produce better11
educational outcomes.12
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana hereby urges13
and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a rule to read14
substantively as follows: "Each local education agency shall provide no less than twenty15
minutes of time for students to be seated and consume their food. The twenty minutes of16
seated lunch time shall be separate from the time required for students to navigate from the17
classroom to the lunch room, stand in line to receive the lunch meal, and to return to the18
classroom after lunch has been consumed."19 HLS 14RS-3427 ORIGINAL
HCR NO. 114
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the1
president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state2
superintendent of education.3
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Patrick Williams HCR No. 114
Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a rule relative to
student lunch time.