85R14637 CAE-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1696
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on participation of public schools in a
universal lunch program offered through the United States
Department of Agriculture.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.9011 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.9011. STUDY ON PROVIDING UNIVERSAL LUNCH. (a) Not
later than October 1, 2017, the agency, with assistance from the
Department of Agriculture, shall conduct a study to determine the
school districts and open-enrollment charter schools eligible to
provide a universal lunch to all students through participation in
the Community Eligibility Provision administered by the United
States Department of Agriculture, as provided by the Healthy,
Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-296).
(b) Not later than December 1, 2017, the agency shall:
(1) notify each school district and open-enrollment
charter school that is eligible to participate in the Community
Eligibility Provision; and
(2) require each district and school notified under
Subdivision (1) to:
(A) perform an economic analysis of cost savings
that would result from participation in the program; and
(B) report the results of the analysis to the
agency not later than December 15, 2017.
(c) Not later than January 31, 2018, the agency shall submit
a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house
of representatives, and members of the legislature on the number of
school districts and open-enrollment charter schools eligible to
provide a universal lunch to all students through participation in
the Community Eligibility Provision and the potential cost savings
that could result from that participation.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2018.
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, 2017.