Bill Text: TX HB1305 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to a program to provide a free or reduced-price breakfast to eligible students attending a public school and the method of determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-20 - Effective immediately [HB1305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1305-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to a program to provide a free or reduced-price breakfast to eligible students attending a public school and the method of determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-20 - Effective immediately [HB1305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1305-Engrossed.html
By: Bonnen of Galveston, Paul | H.B. No. 1305 |
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relating to a program to provide a free or reduced-price breakfast | ||
to eligible students attending a public school, the method of | ||
determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students for | ||
the compensatory education allotment, and the use of compensatory | ||
education allotment funds. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 33.901, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) If at least 10 percent of the students enrolled in one or | ||
more schools in a school district or enrolled in an open-enrollment | ||
charter school are eligible for free or reduced-price breakfasts | ||
under the national school breakfast program provided for by the | ||
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773), the board of | ||
trustees of the school district or the governing body of the | ||
open-enrollment charter school shall either: | ||
(1) participate in the national program and make the | ||
benefits of the national program available to all eligible students | ||
in the schools or school; or | ||
(2) develop and implement a locally funded program to | ||
provide a free or reduced-price breakfast to all students in the | ||
school or schools eligible under the national program, provided | ||
that the reduced price may not exceed the maximum allowable rate | ||
under the national program. | ||
(a-1) A school district is permitted under Subsection (a) to | ||
participate in the national program at one or more campuses in the | ||
district and provide a locally funded program at one or more other | ||
campuses in the district. | ||
(b) A school district campus or an open-enrollment charter | ||
school participating in the national school breakfast program | ||
provided by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773) | ||
or providing a locally funded program in which 80 percent or more of | ||
the students qualify under the national program for a free or | ||
reduced-price breakfast shall offer a free breakfast to each | ||
student. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (c-3) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), for [ |
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purposes of this section, the number of educationally disadvantaged | ||
students is determined: | ||
(1) by averaging the best six months' numbers of | ||
students eligible for enrollment in the national school lunch | ||
program of free or reduced-price lunches for the preceding school | ||
year; or | ||
(2) in the manner provided by commissioner rule[ |
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(b-1) A student receiving a full-time virtual education | ||
through the state virtual school network is not included in | ||
determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students | ||
under Subsection (b). | ||
(c-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), funds allocated under | ||
this section may be used to: | ||
(1) provide child-care services or assistance with | ||
child-care expenses for students at risk of dropping out of school, | ||
as defined by Section 29.081(d)(5); or | ||
(2) pay the costs associated with services provided | ||
through a life skills program in accordance with Sections | ||
29.085(b)(1) and (3)-(7). | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |