Bill Text: MN HF2480 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: School nutrition policy provided, and money appropriated.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-25 - Author added Johnson, S. [HF2480 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2480-Engrossed.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to education finance; providing for nutrition policy; appropriating
1.3money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.111, by adding a
1.4subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 124D.111, subdivision
1.51; Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 2.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 124D.111, subdivision 1,
1.8is amended to read:
1.9    Subdivision 1. School lunch aid computation. Each school year, the state must
1.10pay participants in the national school lunch program the amount of 12.5 cents for each
1.11full paid, reduced-price, and free student lunch and 52.5 cents for each reduced-price
1.12student lunch served to students.
1.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for fiscal year 2015 and later.

1.14    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.111, is amended by adding a
1.15subdivision to read:
1.16    Subd. 4. No fees. A participant that receives school lunch aid under this section
1.17must make lunch available without charge to all participating students who qualify for
1.18free or reduced-price meals. The participant must also ensure that any reminders for
1.19payment of outstanding student meal balances do not demean or stigmatize any child
1.20participating in the school lunch program.
1.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for fiscal year 2015 and later.

1.22    Sec. 3. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.1    Subd. 2. School lunch. For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes,
2.2section 124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:
2.3
2.4
$
13,032,000
12,417,000
.....
2014
2.5
2.6
$
13,293,000
16,185,000
.....
2015
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