Senate Bill sb1314c2

    Florida Senate - 2002                    CS for CS for SB 1314

    By the Committees on Appropriations; Education; and Senator
    Wise




    309-2276-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to summer food service for

  3         children; creating the "Children's Summer

  4         Nutrition Act"; requiring school district

  5         superintendents to report to the Department of

  6         Education activities or initiatives that

  7         provide access to summer food service programs

  8         to certain children; requiring a report to the

  9         Legislature and the State Board of Education;

10         providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Children's Summer Nutrition Act.--

15         (1)  This section may be cited as the "Children's

16  Summer Nutrition Act."

17         (2)  Each school district superintendent shall report

18  to the Department of Education any activity or initiative that

19  provides access to a food service program during school

20  vacation periods of over 2 weeks to children who are eligible

21  for free or reduced-price meals. The report shall include any

22  developed or implemented plans for how the school district

23  will sponsor, host, or vend the federal Summer Food Service

24  Program.

25         (3)  The superintendent shall submit the report to the

26  Department of Education by February 1, 2003. Prior to

27  submitting the report to the Department of Education, the

28  superintendent shall report this information to the district

29  school board.

30         (4)  By March 1, 2003, the Department of Education

31  shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

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    Florida Senate - 2002                    CS for CS for SB 1314
    309-2276-02




  1  the President of the Senate, the chairs of the education

  2  committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and

  3  the State Board of Education a report compiling the school

  4  district information.

  5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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  7          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  8                            CS/SB 1314

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10  The Committee Substitute for CS/SB 1314 requires school
    district superintendents to report to the Department of
11  Education activities or initiatives that provide access to
    summer food service programs.  A report to the Legislature and
12  the State Board of Education is also required.

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