86R14013 TSS-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 4056
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring a minimum amount of eating time for breakfast
and lunch for students in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 25.0823 to read as follows:
Sec. 25.0823. REQUIRED MINIMUM EATING TIME. The board of
trustees of a school district or the governing body of an
open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a policy requiring each
campus to ensure that each student who eats a meal on campus is
provided at least 10 minutes to eat breakfast and 20 minutes to eat
lunch. A district or school may not require a student to participate
in any educational instruction or program during the minimum amount
of eating time.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.