Bill Text: TX HB4056 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring a minimum amount of eating time for breakfast and lunch for students in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Public Education [HB4056 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4056-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez | H.B. No. 4056 | |
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| relating to requiring a minimum amount of eating time for breakfast | ||
| and lunch for students in public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 25.0823 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.0823. REQUIRED MINIMUM EATING TIME. The board of | ||
| trustees of a school district or the governing body of an | ||
| open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a policy requiring each | ||
| campus to ensure that each student who eats a meal on campus is | ||
| provided at least 10 minutes to eat breakfast and 20 minutes to eat | ||
| lunch. A district or school may not require a student to participate | ||
| in any educational instruction or program during the minimum amount | ||
| of eating time. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
