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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 766 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 603 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Andres X. Vargas |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to universal school meals. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Andres X. Vargas3rd Essex1/17/2023Jay D. Livingstone8th Suffolk1/20/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex1/20/2023Kathleen R. LaNatra12th Plymouth1/24/2023Steven Owens29th Middlesex1/24/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/24/2023Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/24/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/24/2023Adam Scanlon14th Bristol1/24/2023Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire1/24/2023Michael P. Kushmerek3rd Worcester1/24/2023Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk1/24/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/24/2023Nick CollinsFirst Suffolk1/24/2023Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/25/2023Tram T. Nguyen18th Essex1/25/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/25/2023Patricia A. Duffy5th Hampden1/25/2023 2 of 4 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/25/2023Michelle L. Ciccolo15th Middlesex1/25/2023Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex1/25/2023Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex1/25/2023Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester1/25/2023Kate Donaghue19th Worcester1/26/2023Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and Suffolk1/26/2023Manny Cruz7th Essex1/26/2023John Barrett, III1st Berkshire1/26/2023Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex1/26/2023Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex1/26/2023Frank A. Moran17th Essex1/26/2023Mathew J. Muratore1st Plymouth1/26/2023Edward R. Philips8th Norfolk1/26/2023Francisco E. Paulino16th Essex1/26/2023Thomas M. Stanley9th Middlesex1/26/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/26/2023David Paul Linsky5th Middlesex1/26/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk1/26/2023Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex1/26/2023Simon Cataldo14th Middlesex1/27/2023Adrianne Pusateri Ramos14th Essex1/27/2023Paul J. Donato35th Middlesex1/27/2023Michael J. Soter8th Worcester1/27/2023Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk1/27/2023Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin1/27/2023Jennifer Balinsky Armini8th Essex1/27/2023Ruth B. Balser12th Middlesex1/27/2023William J. Driscoll, Jr.7th Norfolk1/27/2023Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk1/27/2023David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/27/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/27/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/27/2023Richard M. Haggerty30th Middlesex1/27/2023Kenneth I. Gordon21st Middlesex1/30/2023Judith A. Garcia11th Suffolk1/30/2023Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth1/30/2023Natalie M. Blais1st Franklin1/30/2023Kevin G. Honan17th Suffolk1/30/2023 3 of 4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol1/30/2023Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex1/30/2023Ryan M. Hamilton15th Essex1/30/2023Walter F. TimiltyNorfolk, Plymouth and Bristol1/31/2023Meghan Kilcoyne12th Worcester1/31/2023William C. Galvin6th Norfolk1/31/2023Mike Connolly26th Middlesex1/31/2023Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden2/1/2023Kay Khan11th Middlesex2/1/2023Rita A. Mendes11th Plymouth2/1/2023Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/1/2023Daniel Cahill10th Essex2/1/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk2/1/2023Paul A. Schmid, III8th Bristol2/1/2023Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk2/1/2023Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk2/1/2023Thomas P. Walsh12th Essex2/2/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/2/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth2/2/2023Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol2/2/2023Pavel M. PayanoFirst Essex2/2/2023Adrian C. Madaro1st Suffolk2/3/2023David K. Muradian, Jr.9th Worcester2/6/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden2/6/2023Daniel R. Carey2nd Hampshire2/6/2023Jon Santiago9th Suffolk2/6/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester2/6/2023Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol2/7/2023Tricia Farley-Bouvier2nd Berkshire2/8/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/9/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/9/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester2/9/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/9/2023Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.28th Middlesex2/10/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol2/10/2023Priscila S. Sousa6th Middlesex2/14/2023Rob Consalvo14th Suffolk2/14/2023Denise C. Garlick13th Norfolk2/15/2023James Arciero2nd Middlesex2/15/2023 4 of 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/16/2023Josh S. Cutler6th Plymouth2/17/2023Aaron L. Saunders7th Hampden2/21/2023Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex2/22/2023Estela A. Reyes4th Essex2/22/2023Rebecca L. RauschNorfolk, Worcester and Middlesex2/28/2023Daniel M. Donahue16th Worcester2/28/2023Carlos González10th Hampden3/1/2023Russell E. Holmes6th Suffolk3/1/2023Smitty Pignatelli3rd Berkshire3/2/2023Paul R. FeeneyBristol and Norfolk3/5/2023Dylan A. FernandesBarnstable, Dukes and Nantucket3/8/2023Christopher J. Worrell5th Suffolk3/8/2023James M. Murphy4th Norfolk3/13/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 766 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 603 |
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| 21 | 21 | | By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 603) of |
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| 22 | 22 | | Andres X. Vargas and others relative to universal school meals and requiring schools to promote |
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| 23 | 23 | | the supplemental nutrition assistance program to families. Education. |
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| 24 | 24 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 714 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 26 | 26 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 30 | 30 | | _______________ |
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| 31 | 31 | | An Act relative to universal school meals. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1C of Chapter 69 of the General Law, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third paragraph the following:- “The |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3board shall require all schools providing school lunch as provided in the National School Lunch |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4Act as amended or school breakfast as provided in the National Child Nutrition Act as amended, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5to make breakfast and lunch available at no charge to each attending student. Schools shall |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6maximize access to federal funds for the cost of school breakfast and lunch programs by |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7adopting the federal Community Eligibility Provision, Provision 2, or other provisions under |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8these acts. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9 To the extent that costs are not reimbursed through federal funds the cost of making |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10available school lunches and breakfasts shall be borne by the department of elementary and 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11secondary education. The department shall reimburse the difference between the amount paid by |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12the United States Department of Agriculture and the free rate as set annually by the United States |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13Secretary of Agriculture under 42 U.S.C. 1759a for each school. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14 The department, in consultation with the department of transitional assistance, shall |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15promulgate regulations for schools to promote the supplemental nutrition assistance program to |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16families by either providing application assistance or a direct referral to an outreach partner |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17identified by the department of transitional assistance or department of elementary and secondary |
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| 51 | 51 | | 18education.” |
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| 52 | 52 | | 19 SECTION 2: Sections under this act shall take effect on July 1, 2023. |
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