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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 283A.2, subsection 2, as enacted by 1 2 1994 Iowa Acts, chapter 1193, section 24, is amended to read 1 3 as follows: 1 4 2. a.AllA schooldistrictsdistrict shall operate or 1 5 provide for the operation of school breakfast and lunch 1 6 programs at allpublic schoolsattendance centers ineachthe 1 7 district. However, with the approval of the department of 1 8 education as provided in paragraph "b", a school district may 1 9 provide access to a school breakfast program at an alternative 1 10 site to students who wish to participate in a school breakfast 1 11 program. The programs shall provide students with 1 12 nutritionally adequate meals and shall be operated in 1 13 compliance with the rules of the state board of education and 1 14 pertinent federal law and regulation, for all students in each 1 15 district who attend public school and wish to participate in a 1 16 school breakfast or lunch program. 1 17 b. The board of directors of a school district that wishes 1 18 to provide safe, reasonable student access to a school 1 19 breakfast program, rather than operate or provide for the 1 20 operation of a school breakfast program at an attendance 1 21 center within the school district, shall annually submit to 1 22 the department of education a plan that meets the requirements 1 23 of this section. The department shall evaluate the plan, 1 24 determine whether the plan meets requirements for safety and 1 25 reasonable access to a school breakfast program, and shall 1 26 approve or refuse to approve the plan. The state board shall 1 27 establish criteria for the approval of a plan for safe, 1 28 reasonable student access to a school breakfast program 1 29 provided at a site other than the attendance center at which 1 30 the student is enrolled. 1 31 Sec. 2. Section 283A.2, subsection 3, Code 1999, is 1 32 amended to read as follows: 1 33 3. Effective July 1, 1999, all school districts shall 1 34 operate or provide for the operation of school breakfast 1 35 programs at all publicschoolsschool attendance centers in 2 1 each district, or shall, with the approval of the department 2 2 of education as provided in paragraph "b", provide access to a 2 3 school breakfast program at an alternative site to students 2 4 who wish to participate in a school breakfast program. The 2 5 programs shall provide students with nutritionally adequate 2 6 meals and shall be operated in compliance with the rules of 2 7 the state board of education and pertinent federal law and 2 8 regulation, for all students in each district who attend 2 9 public school and who wish to participate in a school 2 10 breakfast program. 2 11 a. A school or school district unable to meet the 2 12 requirement to provide a school breakfast program may, not 2 13 later than June 1, 1999, for the school year beginning July 1, 2 14 1999, file a written request to the department of education 2 15 that the department waive the requirement for that school or 2 16 school district. The written request shall include the reason 2 17 for which the waiver is being requested. The state board 2 18 shall evaluate the application for waiver, determine the 2 19 validity of the reason for which the waiver is being 2 20 requested, and grant or deny the application for waiver. The 2 21 state board shall establish criteria for determination of the 2 22 validity of reasons for waiver of the requirement that school 2 23 breakfast programs be operated at each school. However, the 2 24 state board shall not waive the school breakfast program 2 25 requirement for a school if thirty-five percent or more of the 2 26 students in attendance at the school during the month of March 2 27 1999 were eligible for free or reduced price meals under the 2 28 federal National School Lunch Act and the federal Child 2 29 Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1751–1785. 2 30 b. The board of directors of a school district that wishes 2 31 to provide safe, reasonable student access to a school 2 32 breakfast program, rather than operate or provide for the 2 33 operation of a school breakfast program at an attendance 2 34 center within the school district, shall annually submit to 2 35 the department of education a plan that meets the requirements 3 1 of this section. The department shall evaluate the plan, 3 2 determine whether the plan meets requirements for safety and 3 3 reasonable access to a school breakfast program, and shall 3 4 approve or refuse to approve the plan. The state board shall 3 5 establish criteria for the approval of a plan for safe, 3 6 reasonable student access to a school breakfast program 3 7 provided at a site other than the attendance center at which 3 8 the student is enrolled. 3 9 EXPLANATION 3 10 This bill provides a school district with an alternative to 3 11 operating or providing a school breakfast program at each 3 12 attendance center within the school district. 3 13 Under the bill, a school district that wishes to provide 3 14 safe, reasonable student access to a school breakfast program, 3 15 rather than operate or provide for the operation of a school 3 16 breakfast program at a particular attendance center within the 3 17 school district as required as of July 1, 1999, under current 3 18 law, shall annually submit to the department of education a 3 19 plan that meets the requirements for safe and reasonable 3 20 student access. The department shall evaluate the plan, 3 21 determine whether the plan meets requirements for safety and 3 22 reasonable access to a school breakfast program, and approve 3 23 or refuse to approve the plan. 3 24 The state board is required to establish criteria for the 3 25 approval of a plan for safe, reasonable student access to a 3 26 school breakfast program provided at a site other than the 3 27 attendance center in which the student is enrolled. 3 28 Under current law, a school district that cannot meet the 3 29 school breakfast program requirements by July 1, 1999, may 3 30 apply to the department of education for a waiver by June 1, 3 31 1999. This provision, which is Code section 283A.2, 3 32 subsection 3, as amended in the bill, is struck from the Code 3 33 effective July 1, 2000. After that date, each school district 3 34 will be required to provide a school breakfast program at each 3 35 public school or, as provided under this bill, provide access 4 1 to a school breakfast program at an alternative site. 4 2 LSB 1586HH 78 4 3 kh/sc/14
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