| 1 | 1 | | 88R11243 BDP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lalani H.B. No. 3630 |
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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 a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs |
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| 8 | 8 | | provided by public schools. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 33.910 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 33.910. HALAL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH OPTION. (a) In this |
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| 13 | 13 | | section, "halal" has the meaning assigned by Section 17.881, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Business & Commerce Code. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) This section applies only to a school district or |
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| 16 | 16 | | open-enrollment charter school that is wholly or partly located in |
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| 17 | 17 | | a county or is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.1 million |
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| 18 | 18 | | or more. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) On request by a student or the parent or person standing |
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| 20 | 20 | | in parental relation to the student, a school district or |
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| 21 | 21 | | open-enrollment charter school to which this section applies shall |
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| 22 | 22 | | provide a halal option to the student for any breakfast or lunch |
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| 23 | 23 | | program provided by the district or school. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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| 25 | 25 | | school year. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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