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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1013 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 261 |
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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 | | Sal N. DiDomenico |
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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 :Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and SuffolkJack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/23/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/24/2023Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk1/24/2023Nick CollinsFirst Suffolk1/24/2023Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester1/25/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/25/2023Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester1/25/2023Paul W. MarkBerkshire, Hampden, Franklin and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Hampshire |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1/25/2023Michael J. Soter8th Worcester1/27/2023Manny Cruz7th Essex1/27/2023Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex1/27/2023Patricia D. JehlenSecond Middlesex1/27/2023Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex1/27/2023Robyn K. KennedyFirst Worcester1/27/2023Mathew J. Muratore1st Plymouth1/27/2023Anne M. GobiWorcester and Hampshire1/27/2023 2 of 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/27/2023Kenneth I. Gordon21st Middlesex1/30/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/30/2023John F. KeenanNorfolk and Plymouth1/30/2023Walter F. TimiltyNorfolk, Plymouth and Bristol1/31/2023Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk1/31/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/1/2023Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and Plymouth2/1/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth2/2/2023Michael O. MooreSecond Worcester2/2/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk2/2/2023Lydia EdwardsThird Suffolk2/6/2023Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin2/6/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/10/2023Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex2/14/2023Adam GomezHampden2/23/2023Carlos González10th Hampden3/1/2023Rebecca L. RauschNorfolk, Worcester and Middlesex3/1/2023Paul R. FeeneyBristol and Norfolk3/7/2023Julian CyrCape and Islands3/9/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1013 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 261 |
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| 21 | 21 | | By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 261) of Sal N. DiDomenico, |
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| 22 | 22 | | Jack Patrick Lewis, Hannah Kane, Michael D. Brady and other members of the General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | for legislation relative to universal school meals. Education. |
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| 24 | 24 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 314 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 2020 |
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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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