| 1 | 1 | | 81R6648 EAH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lucio S.B. No. 869 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to free breakfast for certain public school students. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 33.901, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 33.901. BREAKFAST PROGRAMS. (a) If at least 10 |
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| 12 | 12 | | percent of the students enrolled in one or more schools in a school |
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| 13 | 13 | | district or enrolled in an open-enrollment charter school are |
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| 14 | 14 | | eligible for free or reduced-price breakfasts under the national |
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| 15 | 15 | | school breakfast program provided for by the Child Nutrition Act of |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773), the governing body of the district or |
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| 17 | 17 | | the open-enrollment charter school shall participate in the program |
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| 18 | 18 | | and make the benefits of the program available to all eligible |
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| 19 | 19 | | students in the schools or school. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) A school district campus or an open-enrollment charter |
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| 21 | 21 | | school participating in the national school breakfast program |
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| 22 | 22 | | provided by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773) |
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| 23 | 23 | | in which 60 percent or more of the students qualify for a free or |
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| 24 | 24 | | reduced-price breakfast shall provide a free breakfast to an |
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| 25 | 25 | | elementary school student during school hours. The Department of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Agriculture shall reimburse the school district or open-enrollment |
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| 27 | 27 | | charter school for any lost revenue resulting from a free breakfast |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided under this subsection. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (c) The Department of Agriculture may adopt rules necessary |
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| 30 | 30 | | to implement this section. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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| 32 | 32 | | school year. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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