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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1376 By: Boatman
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
Section 3-119, which relates to school nutrition;
requiring schools to provide free school meals to
certain children during the next two school years ;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-119, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 3-119. A. Funds appropriated to the State Board of
Education for School Lunch Matching and School Lunch Programs shall
be apportioned by the State Board of Education to each school
district for the purpose of providing meals for children in
compliance with the National School Lunch Act and the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 and Public Law 91 -248, as they may hereafter
be amended or supplemented.
B. In accordance with subsection A of this sect ion, for the
2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, school districts shall provide
school meals at no cost to a child who is a member of a household in
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which the total annual income during the preceding tax year does not
exceed an amount equal to three hundred percent (300%) of the
federal poverty level .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effecti ve July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency i s hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and aft er its passage and approval.
59-1-5159 EK 01/16/23