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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE BILL 740 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Harshbarger |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE BILL 1153 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Lynn |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB1153 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 002379 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, |
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| 14 | 14 | | relative to school nutrition. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-2302, is amended by deleting |
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| 18 | 18 | | the section and substituting instead the following: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) Each local board of education shall establish a school lunch program and a |
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| 20 | 20 | | school breakfast program that provides a free lunch and breakfast to each student |
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| 21 | 21 | | enrolled in a school under the board's jurisdiction who is eligible for free or reduced-price |
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| 22 | 22 | | meals, according to rules established under § 49-6-2303. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) Subject to available funding, the state shall reimburse each LEA the cost of |
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| 24 | 24 | | providing a free breakfast and lunch served to each student enrolled in the LEA who is |
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| 25 | 25 | | eligible for reduced price meals after all federal funds available pursuant to the national |
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| 26 | 26 | | school lunch program created by the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. § 1751 et |
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| 27 | 27 | | seq.), the school breakfast program created by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. |
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| 28 | 28 | | § 1771 et seq.), or any other federal program have been applied. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-2303, is amended by deleting |
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| 30 | 30 | | the language ", regardless of its participation" in subdivision (5) and by deleting subdivision (10). |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-114(a), is amended by deleting |
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| 32 | 32 | | "receive free or reduced-price school lunches" and substituting "are members of households |
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| 33 | 33 | | with an income that meet the eligibility requirements for free or reduced-price lunch as |
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| 34 | 34 | | determined pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1758". |
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| 37 | 37 | | - 2 - 002379 |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and |
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| 40 | 40 | | applies to the 2025-2026 school year and each school year thereafter. |
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