FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.285
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEPROUDIE.
1156H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter191,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtobreakfastserved
inschools.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter191,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection191.820,toreadasfollows:
191.820.1.Asusedinthissection,"breakfastafterthebell"meansanyfood
2servedaftertheinstructionaldayhasofficiallybegunbutbeforeanylunchperiodinthe
3schoolbegins.
4 2.Exceptasprovidedinsubsections5and9ofthissection,inschoolyear2025-
526andeachschoolyearthereafter,thefollowingschoolsshallofferbreakfastafterthe
6belltoeachstudentinsuchschool,includinganystudentwhoarriveslateorwhoarrives
7byadifferentmodeoftransportationthanmoststudents:
8 (1)Anypublicschool,includinganycharterschool,inwhichseventypercentor
9moreofstudentsenrolledintheschoolintheimmediatelyprecedingschoolyearwere
10eligibleforfreeorreducedpricemealsthroughtheNationalSchoolLunchProgramor
11SchoolBreakfastProgram;and
12 (2)Anypublicschool,includinganycharterschool,thathasanindividualsite
13percentageforfreeorreducedpricemealsofseventypercentormoreandthatisa
14Provision2schoolasdescribedin7CFRSection245.9orthatusestheUnitedStates
15DepartmentofAgricultureCommunityEligibilityOption.
16 3.Nothinginthissectionshallbeconstruedtoprohibitschoolsfromproviding
17breakfastbeforetheinstructionaldayhasofficiallybegun.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 4.Eachschoolrequiredtoofferbreakfastafterthebellunderthissectionmay
19useanyservicemodelthatbestsuitssuchschool'sstudents.Servicemodelsinclude,but
20arenotlimitedto,breakfastintheclassroom,breakfastafterfirstperiod,andbreakfast
21tobepickedupbystudentssothatsuchstudentscaneatwhereandwhensuchstudents
22want.
23 5.Apublicschool,includinganycharterschool,inwhichseventypercentor
24moreofsuchschool'sstudentswhoareeligibleforfreeorreducedpricemeals
25participateintheSchoolBreakfastProgramshallnotberequiredtoofferbreakfast
26afterthebellunderthissection.
27 6.Aschoolinitiallyrequiredtoofferbreakfastafterthebellbutthatlaterfalls
28belowtheseventypercentthresholddescribedinsubsection2ofthissectionshall
29continuetoofferbreakfastafterthebellfortwoconsecutiveyearsbeginningwiththe
30yearinwhichtheschooldoesnotmeettherequirementstoservebreakfastafterthebell
31undersubsection2ofthissection.Ifduringthesecondyearofthetwo-yearperiodthe
32schoolstilldoesnotmeettherequirementstoservebreakfastafterthebellunder
33subsection2ofthissection,theschoolshallnotberequiredtoofferbreakfastafterthe
34bellattheconclusionofthetwo-yearperiod.Aschoolnolongerrequiredtooffer
35breakfastafterthebellunderthissubsectionshallberequiredtoagainofferbreakfast
36afterthebellifsuchschoolbecomessubjecttosubsection2ofthissection.Nothingin
37thissectionshallbeconstruedtopreventaschoolfromcontinuingtoofferbreakfast
38afterthebellevenifnotrequiredtodoso.
39 7.Thedepartmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducationshall:
40 (1)Notify,onorbeforeJulyfirstofeachyear,thoseschoolsrequiredtooffer
41breakfastafterthebellunderthissectionofsuchschools'dutiesunderthissection;
42 (2)Developanddistributeproceduresandguidelinesfortheimplementationof
43thissection,whichshallcomplywithfederalregulationsgoverningtheSchoolBreakfast
44Program;
45 (3)Offertechnicalassistancetopublicschoolsandschooldistrictsregardingthe
46implementationofthissection;
47 (4)Ifrequestedbyaschoolsubjecttothissection,recognizetimespentby
48studentsconsumingbreakfastasinstructionaltimeifstudentsconsumethebreakfastin
49theclassroomandarereceivinginstructionwhileconsumingbreakfast.Nomorethan
50fifteenminutesshallberecognizedasinstructionaltimewhilestudentsareconsuming
51breakfast;
52 (5)Annuallycollectinformationaboutthebreakfastafterthebelldelivery
53modelsimplementedateachschoolandmaketheinformationpubliclyavailable;
HB285 2 54 (6)Assistschoolssubjecttothissectionthatdemonstratebreakfastenrollment
55increasesoflessthantenpercentannuallyindevelopingaplanforincreased
56participation;and
57 (7)Prepareandsubmittothegeneralassembly,onorbeforeDecemberthirty-
58firstofeachyear,areportontheimplementationandeffectivenessofthissection.
59 8.Infulfillingthedepartment'sresponsibilitiesunderthissection,the
60departmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducationshallcollaboratewithnonprofit
61organizationsknowledgeableaboutequity,theopportunitygap,hungerandfood
62securityissues,andbestpracticesforimprovingstudentaccesstoschoolbreakfast.The
63departmentshallmaintainalistofopportunitiesforphilanthropicsupportofschool
64breakfastprogramsandmakethelistavailabletoschoolsinterestedinbreakfastafter
65thebellprograms.
66 9.Ifthefederalper-mealreimbursementsforfreeorreducedpricebreakfasts
67aredecreasedbelow2025levelsoreliminatedbyCongress,schoolsshallnotberequired
68toofferbreakfastafterthebellunderthissection.
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