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Bill Detail: HB24-1390

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Title School Food Programs
Status Governor Signed (04/29/2024)
Bill Subjects
  • Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
House Sponsors S. Bird (D)
E. Sirota (D)
Senate Sponsors J. Bridges (D)
B. Kirkmeyer (R)
House Committee Appropriations
Senate Committee Appropriations
Date Introduced 03/25/2024
Summary

Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires the department of
education (department) to apply to the United States department of
agriculture for a statewide community eligibility provision if the
department determines participation in a statewide community eligibility
provision will maximize federal funding.
The bill requires the department to annually establish options for,
and communicate the options to, school food authorities to maximize
federal funding. A school food authority that chooses an option other than
those established by the department will not receive healthy school meals
for all program funding and must use other eligible funding sources to
cover the costs of serving free meals to all students at the schools of the
school food authority.
The bill delays the implementation of the local food purchasing
grant, the wage increase or stipend program for school meals food
preparation and service employees (wage increase or stipend program),
and the local school food purchasing technical assistance and education
grant program until the 2025-26 budget year.
The bill requires the department to create a policy for school food
authorities to maximize the collection of household income application
forms for the national school lunch program to increase federal funding
for the program. School food authorities that choose to participate in the
program shall apply the policy to maximize the collection of household
income application forms.
The bill creates the healthy school meals for all program technical
advisory group (advisory group). As soon as practicable, the department
shall convene the advisory group. The advisory group shall collaborate
with school districts, the office of state planning and budgeting, and other
interested parties to:
  • Identify ways to maximize federal reimbursements;
  • Reduce costs of the program;
  • Review cost-savings options, including minimizing food
waste;
  • Strengthen the long-term resiliency of the healthy school
meals for all cash fund;
  • Create model revenue scenarios;
  • Provide options and recommendations to balance program
revenues and expenditures; and
  • Draft a report with legislative and administrative
recommendations and submit it to the education
committees of the house of representatives and the senate,
or any successor committees; the joint budget committee;
the state board of education; and the governor.
On January 1, 2024, the local school food purchasing program
(purchasing program) and the local school food purchasing technical
assistance and education grant program (grant program) repealed. The bill
recreates the purchasing program and the grant program, and extends the
programs through the 2024-25 budget year.
The bill eliminates the authorization for department expenditures
in excess of the appropriated amount to participating school food
authorities for the wage increase or stipend program.
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