Full Text of SB2393 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Childhood Hunger
Relief Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 16 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 126/16 new) | 7 | | Sec. 16. Breakfast after the bell program. | 8 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "breakfast after the | 9 | | bell" means breakfast is provided to children after the | 10 | | instructional day has officially begun. This term does not | 11 | | prohibit schools from also providing breakfast before the | 12 | | instructional day begins. | 13 | | (b) The board of education of each school district in this | 14 | | State shall implement and operate a breakfast after the bell | 15 | | program by the first school day of the next academic year after | 16 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General | 17 | | Assembly, if a breakfast after the bell program does not | 18 | | currently exist, in each school building within its district | 19 | | (1) in which at least 70% or more of the students are eligible | 20 | | for free or reduced-price lunches based upon the previous | 21 | | year's October claim (for those schools that participate in the | 22 | | National School Lunch Program); (2) in which at least 70% or | 23 | | more of the students are classified as low-income according to |
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| 1 | | the Fall Housing Data from the previous year (for those schools | 2 | | that do not participate in the National School Lunch Program); | 3 | | or (3) that has an individual site percentage for free or | 4 | | reduced-price meals of 70% or more (for those schools using | 5 | | Provision 2 under Section 11(a)(1) of the federal Richard B. | 6 | | Russell National School Lunch Act or the Community Eligibility | 7 | | Provision under Section 104(a) of the federal Healthy, | 8 | | Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 to provide universal meals). If a | 9 | | school falls below the applicable 70% threshold for 2 | 10 | | consecutive years, it has the option to continue participating | 11 | | in the program, but is not required to do so. | 12 | | (c) Each school under this Section may determine the | 13 | | breakfast after the bell service model that best suits its | 14 | | students. Service models include, but are not limited to, | 15 | | breakfast in the classroom, grab and go breakfast, and | 16 | | second-chance breakfast. | 17 | | (d) School districts required to implement a breakfast | 18 | | after the bell program provided for under this Section that | 19 | | demonstrate that (i) they are delivering school breakfast | 20 | | effectively, as defined by 70% or more of free or reduced-price | 21 | | eligible students participating in the School Breakfast | 22 | | Program, or (ii) due to circumstances specific to that school | 23 | | district, the expense reimbursement would not fully cover the | 24 | | costs of implementing and operating a breakfast after the bell | 25 | | program may be relieved of the delivery model requirement | 26 | | provided for in this Section after a cost analysis is submitted |
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| 1 | | to the board of education of the district, the board of | 2 | | education holds a public hearing, and the board of education | 3 | | passes a resolution that the district cannot afford to operate | 4 | | a breakfast after the bell program. The district shall post | 5 | | information that sets forth the time, date, place, and general | 6 | | subject matter of the public hearing on its website and notify | 7 | | the State Board of Education at least 14 days prior to the | 8 | | hearing. | 9 | | (e) Before the beginning of the next academic year after | 10 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General | 11 | | Assembly, the State Board of Education shall develop and | 12 | | distribute guidelines for the implementation of this Section, | 13 | | which must be in compliance with federal regulations governing | 14 | | the school breakfast program. | 15 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall annually collect | 16 | | information about breakfast after the bell delivery models | 17 | | implemented at each school and make the information publicly | 18 | | available. Final resolutions approving a breakfast after the | 19 | | bell exemption must be submitted by the board of education of | 20 | | the district to the State Board of Education upon passage. | 21 | | (g) In fulfilling its responsibilities under this Section, | 22 | | the State Board of Education shall collaborate with school | 23 | | districts and nonprofit organizations knowledgeable about | 24 | | equity, the opportunity gap, hunger and food security issues, | 25 | | and best practices for improving student access to school | 26 | | breakfast. The State Board of Education shall collaborate with |
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| 1 | | nonprofit organizations knowledgeable about food security | 2 | | issues and best practices for improving access to school | 3 | | breakfast to create and post a list of opportunities for | 4 | | philanthropic support of school breakfast programs on its | 5 | | website. This information must also be shared with school | 6 | | districts.
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 8 | | 1, 2017.
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