The Florida Senate

SB 1646: School Meals

GENERAL BILL by Farmer ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rodrigues

School Meals; Requiring public schools and nonprofit private schools participating in certain federal programs to provide students, at no cost, a printed meal application or an explanation and instructions on how to apply; requiring schools to complete and file an application for free or reduced-price meals on a student’s behalf under certain circumstances; requiring school district liaisons for homeless children to coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to ensure that homeless students in public schools receive free and reduced-price meals; providing duties for public and nonprofit private schools which apply regardless of a student’s ability to pay for meals or whether the student owes money for previous meals, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/6/2022	Senate	• Filed
  1/12/2022	Senate	• Referred to Education; Agriculture; Rules -SJ 142
  1/18/2022	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 142
  3/12/2022	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3/14/2022	Senate	• Died in Education

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• SB 1646, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/6/2022 at 2:50 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 1275	School Meals	Morales	Similar	Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  1002.24		Page 2 (pdf)

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