Oregon School Breakfast Senate Bill 445

66th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY -- l991 Regular Session

B-Engrossed

Senate Bill 445

Ordered by the House June l l
Including Senate Amendments dated April 9 and House Amendments
dated June l l

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order or the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-session ruling rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request of Task Force on Hunger).

SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure.

Requires participation in National School Breakfast Program if 25 percent or more students at school site are eligible for free or reduced price lunches or the school site qualifies for assistance under Chapter I of Title I of Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965. Authorizes waiver for districts for financial hardship. Suspends requirement to participate in program if federal reimbursement rates fall below 1991 levels.

Requires program by beginning of 1992-1993 school year.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating to education.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, any school district that provides lunch at any school site shall make breakfasts accessible if 25 percent or more of the students at the site are eligible for free or reduced price lunches under the United States Department of Agriculture's current Income Eligibility Guidelines or the school site qualifies for assistance under Chapter I of Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965.

(2) The school district may apply to the State Board of Education for a waiver for all or for particular grade levels if it is financially unable to implement a breakfast program. The state board may grant a waiver to the school district for a period not to exceed two years, after which the school district must reestablish its claim of financial hardship if the waiver is to be extended.

(3) If the per meal federal reimbursement for the free and reduced price breakfast program falls below the 1991 reimbursement levels, a school district may elect to discontinue the program until federal funding is restored to those levels. No waiver is required for such election.

SECTION 2. The school district shall commence the program required under section 1 of this Act not later than the beginning of the 1992-1993 school year.

NOTE: Matter in bold face in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.