| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to school food service programs; amending |
| 3 | s. 1006.06, F.S.; requiring the expansion of school |
| 4 | district breakfast programs to middle and high schools; |
| 5 | specifying requirements for the provision of universal |
| 6 | free school breakfast; providing procedures for school |
| 7 | breakfast programs and requiring information to be |
| 8 | communicated to students and parents; authorizing the |
| 9 | Department of Education to develop an incentive program to |
| 10 | encourage student participation; providing an effective |
| 11 | date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 1006.06, Florida |
| 16 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 1006.06 School food service programs.-- |
| 18 | (5)(a) Each district school board shall implement school |
| 19 | breakfast programs in all elementary schools which shall that |
| 20 | make breakfast available to all students in the schools. By the |
| 21 | beginning of the 2010-2011 school year, each district school |
| 22 | board shall expand its school breakfast programs to make |
| 23 | breakfast available to all students in its middle and high |
| 24 | schools. kindergarten through grade 6 in each district school, |
| 25 | unless the elementary school goes only through grade 5, in which |
| 26 | case the requirement shall apply only through grade 5. Each |
| 27 | district school board shall implement breakfast programs in all |
| 28 | elementary schools in which students are eligible for free and |
| 29 | reduced price lunch meals, to the extent specifically funded in |
| 30 | the General Appropriations Act. |
| 31 | (b) By the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year: |
| 32 | 1. The district school board shall provide universal free |
| 33 | breakfast to all students in each elementary, middle, and high |
| 34 | school in which 80 percent or more of students are eligible for |
| 35 | free or reduced-price meals, to the extent specifically funded |
| 36 | in the General Appropriations Act. In these schools, at least 10 |
| 37 | percent of the breakfast meals shall be served at an alternative |
| 38 | site location which may include, but not be limited to, |
| 39 | "breakfast in the classroom," "Grab 'n' Go" breakfast, and |
| 40 | "breakfast on the bus." |
| 41 | 2. All elementary, middle, and high school students shall: |
| 42 | a. Have permission to visit a breakfast point-of-sale, |
| 43 | receive a "Grab 'n' Go" breakfast, and eat the breakfast in the |
| 44 | classroom for a period of time of at least 15 minutes after the |
| 45 | first bell has rung if the school bus ridden by the student |
| 46 | arrives late or for a reasonable period of time that enables the |
| 47 | student to eat the breakfast if the school bus arrives after the |
| 48 | first bell has rung. |
| 49 | b. Annually receive information prepared by the district's |
| 50 | food service administration regarding the school breakfast |
| 51 | program. The information shall be communicated through school |
| 52 | announcements and written notice sent to all parents. |
| 53 | (c) A district school board may operate a breakfast |
| 54 | program providing for food preparation at the school site or in |
| 55 | central locations with distribution to designated satellite |
| 56 | schools or any combination thereof. |
| 57 | (d)(b) The commissioner shall make every reasonable effort |
| 58 | to ensure that any school designated a "severe need school" |
| 59 | receives the highest rate of reimbursement to which it is |
| 60 | entitled pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s. 1773 for each free and reduced |
| 61 | price breakfast served. |
| 62 | (e)(c) The department shall calculate and distribute a |
| 63 | school district breakfast supplement for each school year by |
| 64 | multiplying the state breakfast rate as specified in the General |
| 65 | Appropriations Act by the number of free and reduced price |
| 66 | breakfast meals served. |
| 67 | (f) The department may develop an incentive program for |
| 68 | school districts to encourage the expansion of student |
| 69 | participation in school breakfast programs through innovative |
| 70 | means which may include, but not be limited to, rewarding |
| 71 | schools that significantly increase student participation and |
| 72 | schools that maintain a 75-percent student participation rate. |
| 73 | To the extent specifically funded in the General Appropriations |
| 74 | Act, funding shall be given to school districts according to the |
| 75 | percentage of students serve. |
| 76 | (g)(d) The Legislature shall provide sufficient funds in |
| 77 | the General Appropriations Act to reimburse participating school |
| 78 | districts for the difference between the average federal |
| 79 | reimbursement for free and reduced price breakfasts and the |
| 80 | average statewide cost for breakfasts. |
| 81 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |