House
File
2368
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2368
BY
RINKER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
lunch
programs
provided
by
school
1
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
and
making
2
appropriations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
283A.6
Free
school
lunch
program.
1
1.
Each
school
district
described
in
chapter
274
and
each
2
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
operate
a
program
under
which
3
lunches
are
served
to
students
in
attendance
at
no
charge
to
4
the
student
or
the
student’s
family.
Meals
served
pursuant
to
5
this
subsection
shall
be
nutritionally
adequate
meals.
6
2.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
and
for
7
each
fiscal
year
thereafter,
there
is
appropriated
from
the
8
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
an
9
amount
necessary
to
make
the
payments
to
school
districts
and
10
accredited
nonpublic
schools
necessary
to
cover
the
costs
of
11
providing
school
lunches
pursuant
to
this
section
that
are
not
12
covered
by
any
Act
of
Congress
and
appropriated
to
the
state
of
13
Iowa
for
use
in
connection
with
school
lunch
programs.
14
3.
The
state
board
of
education
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
15
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
16
Sec.
2.
Section
283A.10,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
17
follows:
18
283A.10
School
breakfast
or
lunch
in
nonpublic
schools.
19
The
Unless
required
under
section
283A.6,
the
authorities
20
in
charge
of
nonpublic
schools
may
operate
or
provide
for
the
21
operation
of
school
breakfast
or
lunch
programs
in
schools
22
under
their
jurisdiction
and
may
use
funds
appropriated
to
23
them
by
the
general
assembly,
gifts,
funds
received
from
sale
24
of
school
breakfasts
or
lunches
under
such
programs,
and
any
25
other
funds
available
to
the
nonpublic
school.
However,
26
unless
required
under
section
283A.6,
school
breakfast
or
27
lunch
programs
shall
not
be
required
in
nonpublic
schools.
28
The
department
of
education
shall
direct
the
disbursement
of
29
state
funds
to
nonpublic
schools
for
school
breakfast
or
lunch
30
programs
in
the
same
manner
as
state
funds
are
disbursed
to
31
public
schools.
If
a
nonpublic
school
receives
state
funds
for
32
the
operation
of
a
school
breakfast
or
lunch
program,
meals
33
served
under
the
program
shall
be
nutritionally
adequate
meals,
34
as
defined
in
section
283A.1
.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
relates
to
school
lunch
programs
provided
by
4
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
(schools).
5
The
bill
requires
each
school
to
operate
a
program
under
6
which
lunches
are
served
to
students
in
attendance
at
no
charge
7
to
the
student
or
the
student’s
family.
8
The
bill
appropriates
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
9
the
department
of
education
an
amount
necessary
to
make
the
10
payments
to
schools
necessary
to
cover
the
costs
of
providing
11
free
school
lunches
that
are
not
covered
by
any
Act
of
Congress
12
and
appropriated
to
the
state
of
Iowa
for
use
in
connection
13
with
school
lunch
programs.
The
bill
requires
the
state
board
14
of
education
to
adopt
rules
to
administer
these
provisions.
15
The
bill
makes
conforming
changes.
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