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  1  1                                         HOUSE FILE 675
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMMING.  
  1  5 
  1  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  7 
  1  8    Section 1.  Section 283A.2, subsection 2, as enacted by
  1  9 1994 Iowa Acts, chapter 1193, section 24, is amended to read
  1 10 as follows:
  1 11    2.  a.  All A school districts district shall operate or
  1 12 provide for the operation of school breakfast and lunch
  1 13 programs at all public schools attendance centers in each the
  1 14 district.  However, with the approval of the department of
  1 15 education as provided in paragraph "b", a school district may
  1 16 provide access to a school breakfast program at an alternative
  1 17 site to students who wish to participate in a school breakfast
  1 18 program.  The programs shall provide students with
  1 19 nutritionally adequate meals and shall be operated in
  1 20 compliance with the rules of the state board of education and
  1 21 pertinent federal law and regulation, for all students in each
  1 22 district who attend public school four or more hours each
  1 23 school day and wish to participate in a school breakfast or
  1 24 lunch program.  School districts may provide school breakfast
  1 25 and lunch programs for other students.
  1 26    b.  The board of directors of a school district that wishes
  1 27 to provide safe, reasonable student access to a school
  1 28 breakfast program, rather than operate or provide for the
  1 29 operation of a school breakfast program at a specific
  1 30 attendance center within the school district shall develop an
  1 31 alternative site plan to operate the school breakfast program
  1 32 at another attendance center within the school district and
  1 33 shall annually certify to the department that the plan meets
  1 34 the following criteria:
  1 35    (1)  Provides safe travel routes to and from the
  2  1 alternative breakfast site for all eligible students.
  2  2    (2)  Minimizes student travel time between the student's
  2  3 attendance center and the alternative breakfast site.
  2  4    (3)  Provides for a reasonable relationship between the
  2  5 time breakfast is offered, the time the student is required to
  2  6 arrive at the attendance center and alternative site, and the
  2  7 daily school start time.
  2  8    (4)  Provides an alternative breakfast site facility
  2  9 adequate for the number of students participating in the
  2 10 breakfast program.
  2 11    c.  The board of directors of a school district that wishes
  2 12 to provide access to a school breakfast program in accordance
  2 13 with paragraph "b", shall notify the parent, guardian, or
  2 14 legal or actual custodian of a child enrolled in the school
  2 15 district of the school district's intention to develop and
  2 16 implement a plan to provide school breakfast programs only in
  2 17 certain attendance centers.  At any time in which the school
  2 18 district proposes to make substantive changes to a plan
  2 19 certified with the department of education, the notification
  2 20 requirements of this paragraph shall apply.
  2 21    Sec. 2.  Section 283A.2, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
  2 22 amended to read as follows:
  2 23    3.  Effective July 1, 1999, all school districts shall
  2 24 operate or provide for the operation of school breakfast
  2 25 programs at all public schools school attendance centers in
  2 26 each district or, if the school district meets the
  2 27 requirements of paragraphs "b" and "c", shall provide access
  2 28 to a school breakfast program at an alternative site to
  2 29 students who wish to participate in a school breakfast
  2 30 program.  The programs shall provide students with
  2 31 nutritionally adequate meals and shall be operated in
  2 32 compliance with the rules of the state board of education and
  2 33 pertinent federal law and regulation, for all students in each
  2 34 district who attend public school and who wish to participate
  2 35 in a school breakfast program.
  3  1    a.  A school or school district unable to meet the
  3  2 requirement to provide a school breakfast program may, not
  3  3 later than June 1, 1999, for the school year beginning July 1,
  3  4 1999, file a written request to the department of education
  3  5 that the department waive the requirement for that school or
  3  6 school district.  The written request shall include the reason
  3  7 for which the waiver is being requested.  The state board
  3  8 shall evaluate the application for waiver, determine the
  3  9 validity of the reason for which the waiver is being
  3 10 requested, and grant or deny the application for waiver.  The
  3 11 state board shall establish criteria for determination of the
  3 12 validity of reasons for waiver of the requirement that school
  3 13 breakfast programs be operated at each school.  However, the
  3 14 state board shall not waive the school breakfast program
  3 15 requirement for a school if thirty-five percent or more of the
  3 16 students in attendance at the school during the month of March
  3 17 1999 were eligible for free or reduced price meals under the
  3 18 federal National School Lunch Act and the federal Child
  3 19 Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1751–1785.
  3 20    b.  The board of directors of a school district that wishes
  3 21 to provide safe, reasonable student access to a school
  3 22 breakfast program, rather than operate or provide for the
  3 23 operation of a school breakfast program at a specific
  3 24 attendance center within the school district shall develop an
  3 25 alternative site plan to operate the school breakfast program
  3 26 at another attendance center within the school district and
  3 27 shall annually certify to the department that the plan meets
  3 28 the following criteria:
  3 29    (1)  Provides safe travel routes to and from the
  3 30 alternative breakfast site for all eligible students.
  3 31    (2)  Minimizes student travel time between the student's
  3 32 attendance center and the alternative breakfast site.
  3 33    (3)  Provides for a reasonable relationship between the
  3 34 time breakfast is offered, the time the student is required to
  3 35 arrive at the attendance center and alternative site, and the
  4  1 daily school start time.
  4  2    (4)  Provides an alternative breakfast site facility
  4  3 adequate for the number of students participating in the
  4  4 breakfast program.
  4  5    c.  The board of directors of a school district that wishes
  4  6 to provide access to a school breakfast program in accordance
  4  7 with paragraph "b", shall notify the parent, guardian, or
  4  8 legal or actual custodian of a child enrolled in the district
  4  9 of the school district's intention to develop and implement a
  4 10 plan to provide school breakfast programs only in certain
  4 11 attendance centers.  At any time in which the school district
  4 12 proposes to make substantive changes to a plan certified with
  4 13 the department of education, the notification requirements of
  4 14 this paragraph shall apply.  
  4 15 
  4 16 
  4 17                                                             
  4 18                               BRENT SIEGRIST
  4 19                               Speaker of the House
  4 20 
  4 21 
  4 22                                                             
  4 23                               MARY E. KRAMER
  4 24                               President of the Senate
  4 25 
  4 26    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  4 27 is known as House File 675, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
  4 28 
  4 29 
  4 30                                                             
  4 31                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
  4 32                               Chief Clerk of the House
  4 33 Approved                , 1999
  4 34 
  4 35 
  5  1                               
  5  2 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  5  3 Governor
     

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