| 1 | Representative Greenstein offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 120 and 121 insert: |
| 5 | Section 4. Children's Summer Nutrition Act.-- |
| 6 | (1) This section may be referred to by the popular name |
| 7 | the "Children's Summer Nutrition Act." |
| 8 | (2) The Food and Nutrition Management Office of the |
| 9 | Department of Education shall develop a plan to ensure that, by |
| 10 | the summer of 2005, at least one summer food program may operate |
| 11 | in each school district for at least 40 days during the summer |
| 12 | months within 5 miles of an elementary school at which 50 |
| 13 | percent or more of the students are eligible for free or |
| 14 | reduced-price school meals. The department shall designate a |
| 15 | person on its administrative staff who shall coordinate |
| 16 | activities to implement this subsection. |
| 17 | (3) The plan may also require all school districts to |
| 18 | ensure that, by the summer of 2006, there is a summer food site |
| 19 | within 10 miles of each elementary school at which 50 percent or |
| 20 | more of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price |
| 21 | school meals. |
| 22 | (4) The department shall use the October school indicator |
| 23 | report on eligibility for free or reduced-price school meals to |
| 24 | determine which elementary schools in each school district meet |
| 25 | the criteria set forth in subsections (2) and (3). The |
| 26 | department shall provide such information to each superintendent |
| 27 | of schools by November 30 of each year. |
| 28 | (5) The superintendent of schools in each school district, |
| 29 | in collaboration with local county government and private, |
| 30 | nonprofit leaders, shall implement the plan to ensure access to |
| 31 | the Summer Food Service Program. Although schools have proven to |
| 32 | be the optimal sites for a summer food program, any nonprofit |
| 33 | organization may serve as a site or sponsor. By May 15 of each |
| 34 | year, each school district shall report to the department the |
| 35 | district's summer food sites in compliance with this act. |
| 36 | (6) The department shall provide to each school district |
| 37 | by February 15 of each year a list of local organizations that |
| 38 | have filed letters of intent to participate, so that the school |
| 39 | districts can determine adequate coverage of need and placement |
| 40 | of sites. |
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| 43 | Remove line(s) 20 and insert: |
| 44 | expenditure reporting; requiring the Food and Nutrition |
| 45 | Management Office of the Department of Education to develop a |
| 46 | plan for providing, in each school district, summer food |
| 47 | programs that serve children who qualify for free or reduced- |
| 48 | price school meals during the school year; providing |
| 49 | requirements of the department and of the superintendent of |
| 50 | schools; requiring the school districts to report to the |
| 51 | department annually; providing an effective date. |