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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1324 By: Thompson (Roger)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to school nutrition; directing the
State Department of Education to make certain
electronic universal applicat ion available to school
districts; providing minimum criteria for
application; providing certain construction;
providing for codification; providing an effective
date; and declaring a n emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKL AHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be co dified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-119.1 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Department of Education shall make available to
school districts an optional electronic universal application for
free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Act .
The application shall a t a minimum:
1. Enable parents and legal guardians to complete and
electronically submit applications for free and reduced -price meals
to the school districts i n which their studen ts are enrolled;
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2. Facilitate school districts in collecting and electronically
submitting free and reduced -price meal applications to the State
Department of Education; and
3. Allow for secure transmission of data necessary for
eligibility and enrollment determination s for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program.
B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
require school districts, parents, or legal guardians to use the
electronic universal application provided for in subsection A of
this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for th e preservation
of the public peace, health , or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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