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| 1 | 1 | 89R2851 CMO-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Lalani H.B. No. 625 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs | |
| 10 | 10 | provided by public schools. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 33.914 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 33.914. HALAL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH OPTION. (a) In this | |
| 15 | 15 | section, "halal" has the meaning assigned by Section 17.881, | |
| 16 | 16 | Business & Commerce Code. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) On request by a student or the parent or person standing | |
| 18 | 18 | in parental relation to the student, a school district or | |
| 19 | 19 | open-enrollment charter school shall provide a halal option to the | |
| 20 | 20 | student for any breakfast or lunch program provided by the district | |
| 21 | 21 | or school. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | |
| 23 | 23 | school year. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 25 | 25 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 26 | 26 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |