Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 2/15/2006
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5547
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5547 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Childhood Hunger
Relief Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 20 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 126/20)
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7 | Sec. 20. Summer food service program.
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8 | (a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate a State | ||||||
9 | plan for
summer food service programs, in accordance with 42 | ||||||
10 | U.S.C. Sec. 1761 and any
other
applicable federal laws and | ||||||
11 | regulations,
by January 15, 2006.
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12 | (b) On or before April 15, 2007, a school district must | ||||||
13 | promulgate a plan to have a summer food service program for | ||||||
14 | each school in which at least 50% of the students are eligible | ||||||
15 | for free or reduced-price school meals. The plan must be | ||||||
16 | implemented during the summer of 2007. If the school district | ||||||
17 | has one or more elementary schools that qualify, the summer | ||||||
18 | food service program must be operated within 5 miles of at | ||||||
19 | least one of the elementary schools and within 10 miles of the | ||||||
20 | other elementary schools, if any. If a school is not open | ||||||
21 | during the summer months, the school district may identify a | ||||||
22 | not-for-profit entity that is willing to sponsor a summer food | ||||||
23 | service program serving school-aged children in the | ||||||
24 | surrounding school area and may provide assistance to the |
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1 | entity in documenting the number of children in the area who | ||||||
2 | are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals.
By the | ||||||
3 | summer of 2006 and then each summer thereafter, it is strongly | ||||||
4 | encouraged that the board of
education of each school
district | ||||||
5 | in this State in which at least 50% of the students are | ||||||
6 | eligible for
free or
reduced-price school meals operate a | ||||||
7 | summer food service program
or identify a non-profit or private | ||||||
8 | agency to sponsor a summer food service
program within the | ||||||
9 | school district's boundaries.
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10 | (c) Summer food service programs established under this | ||||||
11 | Section shall
may
be
supported by federal funds and commodities
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12 | and other available State and local resources.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 93-1086, eff. 2-15-05.)".
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