Bill Amendment: IL HB3263 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: SCH-MATCHING FUNDS-FRESH FOODS

Status: 2022-04-11 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3263 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3263-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Sonya M. Harper

Filed: 3/29/2022

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3263
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3263 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Farm Fresh Schools Program Act is amended
by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
(105 ILCS 124/10)
Sec. 10. Farm Fresh Schools Program. The Department of
Agriculture, in cooperation with the State Board of Education
and the Department of Public Health, shall create the Farm
Fresh Schools Program. The intent of the Program is to reduce
obesity and improve nutrition and public health, as well as
strengthen local agricultural economies by increasing access
to and promoting the consumption of locally grown fruits, and
vegetables, and minimally processed fresh foods in schools and
increasing physical activities and programs that promote pupil
wellness.

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(Source: P.A. 96-153, eff. 1-1-10.)
(105 ILCS 124/15)
Sec. 15. Grants; matching funds.
(a) The Department of Agriculture and the State Board of
Education shall jointly administer a process to review grant
proposals and award grants on a competitive basis to eligible
applicants to implement the Farm Fresh Schools Program.
(b) The first 6 grants awarded pursuant to the Farm Fresh
Schools Program shall be awarded in 6 different counties,
including 3 urban counties and 3 rural counties with a
significant agricultural economy.
(c) Subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2022-2023
school year, funds from the Farm Fresh Schools Program Fund or
from other funding sources shall be used to match $1 for every
$3 a school district spends to purchase produce or minimally
processed fresh foods directly from a farmer, farmers'
cooperative, farmers' market, or local food hub in this State,
up to a maximum reimbursement of $1,000 per school district.
(Source: P.A. 96-153, eff. 1-1-10.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2022.".