Enrolled Copy H.B. 100
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Food Security Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Tyler Clancy
Senate Sponsor: Kirk A. Cullimore
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LONG TITLE
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General Description:
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This bill establishes a program to provide lunch at no cost to an eligible student.
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Highlighted Provisions:
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This bill:
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▸ defines terms;
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▸ provides certain students access to lunch at no charge;
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▸ requires the State Board of Education to reimburse each local education agency (LEA) for
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certain reduced price lunches;
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▸ prohibits an LEA from stigmatizing students who cannot afford meals;
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▸ encourages an LEA to reduce food waste; and
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▸ requires communications regarding a student's meal debt to be directed only to the
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student's parent.
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Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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None
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Other Special Clauses:
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This bill provides a special effective date.
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Utah Code Sections Affected:
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ENACTS:
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53F-2-422, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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Section 1. Section 53F-2-422 is enacted to read:
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53F-2-422 . School meal program.
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(1) As used in this section: H.B. 100 Enrolled Copy
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(a) "Education model health and wellness policy on nutrition" means state board policy
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emphasizing that an LEA promote efficient meal scheduling, provide adequate time
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for eating, and implement practices that help reduce food waste.
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(b) "Eligible student" means a student enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 who
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qualifies for reduced-price meals based on household size and income levels under
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the National School Lunch Program.
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(c) "National School Lunch Program" means the same as that term is defined in 7 C.F.R.
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Sec. 210.2.
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(d) "Share table program" means a system in a school where a student may return
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unopened, uneaten food or beverages to a designated location for redistribution to
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other students.
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(2) An LEA participating in the National School Lunch Program shall provide lunch to an
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eligible student on a school day at no charge.
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(3) The state board:
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(a) shall:
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(i) subject to legislative appropriations, reimburse an LEA for each reimbursable
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lunch provided under this section in an amount equal to the difference between the
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federal reimbursement rates for a meal and a reduced-price meal, as determined
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annually by the United States Department of Agriculture;
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(ii) establish a reimbursement system where the board provides a monthly
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reimbursement to an LEA that provides a meal under Subsection (2); and
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(iii) accept private donations and grants for the purpose of funding the school meal
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program described in this section; and
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(b) may provide guidance and support to a school implementing the food waste
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prevention strategies described in Subsection (6).
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(4) An LEA may not:
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(a) publicly identify or stigmatize a student unable to pay for a meal; or
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(b) require a student to perform chores to pay for a meal unless the requirement applies
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equally to all students regardless of whether the student pays for the meal.
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(5) An LEA shall direct communications regarding a student's meal debt only to the
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student's parent.
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(6) An LEA participating in the National School Lunch Program shall consider, where
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feasible, reducing food waste by:
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(a) following the education model health and wellness policy on nutrition; and
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(b) establishing a share table program.
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(7)(a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a)(i), if appropriations are insufficient to fully
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reimburse each LEA for the cost of a reimbursable lunch described in this section, the
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state board shall distribute the available funds in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year
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to each LEA on a pro rata basis, not exceeding the available funds.
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(b) An LEA may ask the parent of an eligible student to cover the remaining cost of a
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subsidized lunch under this section.
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Section 2. Effective Date.
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This bill takes effect on July 1, 2025.
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