SB2393sam002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 4/15/2016

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2393

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2393, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Childhood Hunger Relief Act is amended by adding Section 16 as follows:

(105 ILCS 126/16 new)

Sec. 16. Breakfast after the bell program.

(a) For the purposes of this Section, "breakfast after the bell" means breakfast is provided to children after the instructional day has officially begun. This term does not prohibit schools from also providing breakfast before the instructional day begins.

(b) The board of education of each school district in this State shall implement and operate a breakfast after the bell program by the first school day of the next academic year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, if a breakfast after the bell program does not currently exist, in each school building within its district (1) in which at least 70% or more of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches based upon the previous year's October claim (for those schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program); (2) in which at least 70% or more of the students are classified as low-income according to the Fall Housing Data from the previous year (for those schools that do not participate in the National School Lunch Program); or (3) that has an individual site percentage for free or reduced-price meals of 70% or more (for those schools using Provision 2 under Section 11(a)(1) of the federal Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Community Eligibility Provision under Section 104(a) of the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 to provide universal meals). If a school falls below the applicable 70% threshold for 2 consecutive years, it has the option to continue participating in the program, but is not required to do so.

(c) Each school under this Section may determine the breakfast after the bell service model that best suits its students. Service models include, but are not limited to, breakfast in the classroom, grab and go breakfast, and second-chance breakfast.

(d) The State Board of Education may establish a waiver process for the breakfast after the bell program required by this Section. If a waiver process is established, it shall be limited to schools that can demonstrate that providing the program resulted in undue financial hardship for the school.

(e) Before the beginning of the next academic year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the State Board of Education shall develop and distribute procedures and guidelines for the implementation of this Section, which must be in compliance with federal regulations governing the school breakfast program.

(f) The State Board of Education shall annually collect information about breakfast after the bell delivery models implemented at each school and make the information publicly available.

(g) In fulfilling its responsibilities under this Section, the State Board of Education shall collaborate with nonprofit organizations knowledgeable about equity, the opportunity gap, hunger and food security issues, and best practices for improving student access to school breakfast. The State Board of Education shall make available a list of opportunities for philanthropic support of school breakfast programs and make the list available to schools interested in a breakfast after the bell program.".