Minnesota 2023-2024 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF437 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education; providing for school lunch and breakfast for all students;
3	3	1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 124D.111, subdivisions 1a, 4;
4	4	1.4 124D.1158, subdivisions 1, 3, 4.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.111, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 1a.School lunch aid amounts.Each school year, the state must pay participants
8	8	1.8in the national school lunch program the amount of 12.5 cents for each full paid and free
9	9	1.9student lunch and 52.5 cents for each reduced-price lunch served to students.
10	10	1.10 (a) Any Minnesota school that participates in the United States Department of Agriculture
11	11	1.11National School Lunch Program must provide, at no cost, a federally reimbursable lunch
12	12	1.12to all enrolled students each school day. A participating school with an Identified Student
13	13	1.13Percentage at or above the federal percentage determined for all meals to be reimbursed at
14	14	1.14the free rate must participate in the Community Eligibility Provision.
15	15	1.15 (b) The department must provide to every Minnesota school providing meals to students
16	16	1.16under paragraph (a) funding equal to the difference between the federal reimbursement and
17	17	1.17the average cost of a school meal as annually defined by the United States Department of
18	18	1.18Agriculture.
19	19	1.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.111, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
20	20	1.20 Subd. 4.No fees.A participant that receives school lunch aid under this section must
21	21	1.21make lunch available without charge and must not deny a school lunch to all participating
22	22	1.22students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals any student, whether or not that student
23	23	1Sec. 2.
24	24	23-02336 as introduced01/12/23 REVISOR CM/JW
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 437NINETY-THIRD SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE, Gustafson, Hauschild and Mann)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading01/19/2023
31	31	Referred to Education Policy 2.1has an outstanding balance in the student's meals account attributable to a la carte purchases
32	32	2.2or for any other reason.
33	33	2.3 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.1158, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34	34	2.4 Subdivision 1.Purpose.The purpose of the school breakfast program is to provide
35	35	2.5affordable morning nutrition to children so that they can effectively learn. Any Minnesota
36	36	2.6school that participates in the United States Department of Agriculture School Breakfast
37	37	2.7Program must provide, at no cost, a federally reimbursable breakfast to all enrolled students
38	38	2.8each school day. Public and nonpublic schools that participate in the federal school breakfast
39	39	2.9program may receive state breakfast aid. Schools shall encourage all children to eat a
40	40	2.10nutritious breakfast, either at home or at school, and shall work to eliminate barriers to
41	41	2.11breakfast participation at school such as inadequate facilities and transportation.
42	42	2.12 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.1158, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
43	43	2.13 Subd. 3.Program reimbursement.Each school year, the state must reimburse each
44	44	2.14participating school 30 cents for each reduced-price breakfast, 55 cents for each fully paid
45	45	2.15breakfast served to students in grades 1 to 12, and $1.30 for each fully paid breakfast served
46	46	2.16to a prekindergarten student enrolled in an approved voluntary prekindergarten program
47	47	2.17under section 124D.151 or a kindergarten student. The department must provide to every
48	48	2.18Minnesota school participating in the federal School Breakfast Program funding equal to
49	49	2.19the difference between the federal reimbursement and the average cost of a school breakfast
50	50	2.20as annually defined by the United States Department of Agriculture.
51	51	2.21 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.1158, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
52	52	2.22 Subd. 4.No fees.A school that receives school breakfast aid under this section must
53	53	2.23make breakfast available without charge to all participating students in grades 1 to 12 who
54	54	2.24qualify for free or reduced-price meals and to all prekindergarten students enrolled in an
55	55	2.25approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151, early childhood
56	56	2.26special education students participating in a program authorized under section 124D.151,
57	57	2.27and all kindergarten students.
58	58	2Sec. 5.
59	59	23-02336 as introduced01/12/23 REVISOR CM/JW