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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0071 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001234 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Acosta, Lawson, Valverde, Murray, Quezada, Kallman, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Pearson, Zurier, Gallo, and DiPalma |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 01, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Education |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Sections 16-8-10 and 16-8-10.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-8 entitled 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | "Federal Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" are hereby 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 16-8-10. Mandatory school lunch programs Mandatory free school breakfast and 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | lunch programs. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | All public elementary and secondary schools shall be required to make breakfast and type 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | A lunches available to students attending those schools in accordance with rules and regulations 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | adopted from time to time by the department of elementary and secondary education. To the extent 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | that federal, state, and other funds are available, free and reduced price Free breakfast and type A 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | lunches shall be provided to all students from families that meet the current specific criteria 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | established by federal and state regulations. The requirement that free breakfast and type A lunches 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | be provided shall apply to locally managed school breakfast and lunch programs, and school 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | breakfast and lunch programs administered directly by the department of elementary and secondary 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | education or by any other public agency whether using school facilities or a commercial catering 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | service. The department of elementary and secondary education is further authorized to expand the 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | school breakfast and lunch program programs to the extent that federal, state, and/or local funds 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | are available by the utilization of one or more food preparation centers for delivery to participating 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | schools for the purpose of providing meals to students on a more economical basis than could be 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | provided by a community acting individually. 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16-8-10.1. Mandatory school breakfast programs. 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (a) All public schools shall make a free breakfast program available to students attending 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the school, in compliance with the provisions of § 16-8-10. The breakfast meal shall meet any rules 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | and regulations that are adopted by the commissioner; provided that no student or the student's 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | family shall be charged for the breakfast. 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) The state of Rhode Island shall provide school districts a per breakfast subsidy for each 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | breakfast served to students. The general assembly shall annually appropriate some sum and 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | distribute it based on each district’s proportion of the number of breakfasts served in the prior 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | school year relative to the statewide total in the same year. This subsidy shall augment the nonprofit 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | school food service account and be used for expenses incurred in providing nutritious breakfast 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | meals to students. 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 12 |
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| 63 | 63 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 64 | 64 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 65 | 65 | | OF |
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| 66 | 66 | | A N A C T |
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| 67 | 67 | | RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID |
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| 68 | 68 | | *** |
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| 69 | 69 | | This act would require free breakfast and lunches to be provided for all elementary and 1 |
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| 70 | 70 | | secondary students attending public schools. 2 |
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| 71 | 71 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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