Bill Text: NH SB526 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to school food and nutrition programs.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-22 - Pending Motion Inexpedient to Legislate; 03/22/2018; Senate Journal 10 [SB526 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-SB526-Amended.html
SB 526-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/08/2018 0962s
03/08/2018 1028s
2018 SESSION
18-3020
06/03
SENATE BILL 526-FN
AN ACT relative to school food and nutrition programs.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Rep. LeBrun, Hills. 32; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10; Rep. Gile, Merr. 27; Rep. Eaton, Ches. 3
COMMITTEE: Education
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires schools to make at least one free or reduced cost meal available to children who meet federal eligibility guidelines. The bill also directs the department of education to request an appropriation sufficient to provide a free breakfast to students eligible for reduced cost meals.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/08/2018 0962s
03/08/2018 1028s 18-3020
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to school food and nutrition programs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Boards; Food and Nutrition Programs. Amend RSA 189:11-a, I to read as follows:
I. Each school board shall make [a] at least one meal available during school hours to every pupil under its jurisdiction. Such meals shall be served without cost or at a reduced cost to any [needy] child who [is unable to pay the full cost of said meals] meets federal income eligibility guidelines. The state board of education shall insure compliance with this section and shall establish minimum nutritional standards for such meals and shall further establish income guidelines setting forth the minimum family size annual income levels to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the operation of both a breakfast and lunch program in the same school. Further any requirement of this section which conflicts with any federal statute or regulation may be waived by the state board of education.
2 School Boards; Food and Nutrition Programs. Amend RSA 189:11-a, VII(b) to read as follows:
(b) Such school which demonstrates to the department of education that an approved school wellness policy, as required under the [Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004], Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 42, U.S.C. section 1758b is in effect, and that such school is providing breakfast meals to pupils that meet or exceed the United States Department of Agriculture's child nutrition criteria may apply for and receive a 3 cent reimbursement for each breakfast meal served to a pupil. The department of education shall request biennial appropriations in an amount sufficient to meet projected school breakfast reimbursements. The department of education shall prescribe forms as necessary under this paragraph. In addition to the $.03 state reimbursement for each breakfast served to all pupils, the department of education shall request biennial appropriations equal to the difference between the reduced and free federal reimbursement rates for breakfast so that pupils eligible for reduced price meals are offered breakfast at no cost.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
18-3020
1/3/18
SB 526-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to school breakfast programs.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
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Revenue | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires school districts to provide a free breakfast to all students. The exact cost of this bill cannot be calculated for each district as there are too many unknown variables (e.g., current breakfast offering, staffing requirements, etc.…), however, for informational purposes, the Department of Education has provided the following statewide data:
Student Data as of October 1, 2017 | |
Total K-12 Students | 181,634 |
Total K-12 Free and Reduced Meal Eligible | 44,623 |
Total Free | 37,520 |
Total Reduced | 7,103 |
Average Breakfast Meal Price | $1.75 |
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Federal Free Breakfast Reimbursement Rate | $1.75 |
Federal Reduced Breakfast Reimbursement Rate | $1.45 |
Federal Paid Breakfast Reimbursement Rate | $0.30 |
Total Cost of Breakfast | $57,214,710 |
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Less: Federal Offsets |
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Federal Free | ($11,818,800) |
Federal Reduced | ($1,853,883) |
Federal Paid | ($7,398,594) |
Total Federal Offsets | ($21,071,277) |
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Net | $36,143,433 |
Pursuant to RSA 189:11-a, schools which demonstrate to the Department of Education that an approved school wellness policy, as required under the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, is in effect, and that such school is providing breakfast meals to pupils that meet or exceed the United States Department of Agriculture's child nutrition criteria may apply for and receive a three cent reimbursement for each breakfast meal served to a pupil. To the extent more schools are offering breakfast and seeking the three cent reimbursement, state general fund expenditures and local revenue will increase.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education
