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| 2 | 2 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 131 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOSLEY. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 0056S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to school meals. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Section A. Chapter 167, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1 |
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| 12 | 12 | | one new section, to be known as section 167.204, to read as 2 |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows:3 |
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| 14 | 14 | | 167.204. 1. This section shall be known and may be 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | cited as the "Missouri School Meals Act". 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 2. As used in this section, the term "school" shall 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | mean any public school district, public schoo l, public 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | charter school, or private, religious, or parochial school 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | that participates in the National School Lunch Program 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | administered by the United States Department of Agriculture 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (USDA), or such program's successor, but that does not 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | participate in the Community Eligibility Provision 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | administered by the USDA, or such provision's successor. 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3. A school shall provide a free lunch to each student 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | who has been approved to receive a reduced price lunch under 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | the National School Lunch Program o r its successor program. 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Subject to appropriation, the state board of education shall 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | reimburse schools the difference between the total cost of 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | each lunch provided under this subsection and the federal 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | reimbursement rate for each lunch provided under this 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | subsection. 18 SB 131 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4. A school shall determine which students may be 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | eligible for free or reduced price lunch through the 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | National School Lunch Program or its successor program and 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | shall provide information and assistance to parents and 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | guardians of such students for purposes of filling out an 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | application. 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5. A school shall not publicly identify or otherwise 25 |
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| 39 | 39 | | stigmatize a student who is or may be eligible for free or 26 |
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| 40 | 40 | | reduced price lunch. A student's application for the 27 |
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| 41 | 41 | | National School Lunch Program or its successor program shall 28 |
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| 42 | 42 | | be used only for federal reimbursement and for state aid 29 |
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| 43 | 43 | | calculations under chapter 163. 30 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 6. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury 31 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the "School Meals Fund", which shall consist of moneys 32 |
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| 46 | 46 | | appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of 33 |
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| 47 | 47 | | implementing the provisions of this section. The state 34 |
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| 48 | 48 | | treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance 35 |
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| 49 | 49 | | with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may 36 |
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| 50 | 50 | | approve disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund 37 |
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| 51 | 51 | | and money in the fund shall be used solely by the state 38 |
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| 52 | 52 | | board of education for the purposes of reimbursing schools 39 |
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| 53 | 53 | | as provided in subsection 3 of this section. 40 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 41 |
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| 55 | 55 | | to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 42 |
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| 56 | 56 | | of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 43 |
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| 57 | 57 | | general revenue fund. 44 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the 45 |
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| 59 | 59 | | fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 46 |
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| 60 | 60 | | interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 47 |
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| 61 | 61 | | credited to the fund. 48 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 7. The state board of education shall promulgate rules 49 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and regulations for the implementation of this section. 50 SB 131 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Such rules shall include the process by which schools may 51 |
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| 65 | 65 | | apply for reimbursement as provided in subsection 3 of this 52 |
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| 66 | 66 | | section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 53 |
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| 67 | 67 | | defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 54 |
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| 68 | 68 | | authority delegated in this section shall become effective 55 |
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| 69 | 69 | | only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 56 |
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| 70 | 70 | | provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 57 |
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| 71 | 71 | | 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 58 |
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| 72 | 72 | | if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 59 |
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| 73 | 73 | | pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effect ive 60 |
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| 74 | 74 | | date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 61 |
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| 75 | 75 | | held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 62 |
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| 76 | 76 | | authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 63 |
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| 77 | 77 | | 2025, shall be invalid and void. 64 |
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