88R11243 BDP-D
By: Lalani H.B. No. 3630
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs
provided by public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.910 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.910. HALAL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH OPTION. (a) In this
section, "halal" has the meaning assigned by Section 17.881,
Business & Commerce Code.
(b) This section applies only to a school district or
open-enrollment charter school that is wholly or partly located in
a county or is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.1 million
or more.
(c) On request by a student or the parent or person standing
in parental relation to the student, a school district or
open-enrollment charter school to which this section applies shall
provide a halal option to the student for any breakfast or lunch
program provided by the district or school.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2023.