82R13482 GCB-D
By: Giddings H.B. No. 3288
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to breakfast programs for public school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.901, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 33.901. BREAKFAST PROGRAMS. (a) If at least 10
percent of the students enrolled in one or more schools in a school
district or enrolled in an open-enrollment charter school are
eligible for free or reduced-price breakfasts under the national
school breakfast program provided for by the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773), the governing body of the district or
the open-enrollment charter school shall participate in the program
and make the benefits of the program available to all eligible
students in the schools or school.
(b) With the goal of improving childhood nutrition,
alleviating childhood obesity, and improving academic performance,
the commissioner shall encourage all school district and
open-enrollment charter school campuses to create healthy
breakfast programs in partnership with the Texas Association for
School Nutrition or a similar organization that promotes child
nutrition programs. If a campus has implemented a coordinated
health program under Section 38.013, a breakfast program shall be
incorporated into that program.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.