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HB5547 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5547

 

Introduced 01/27/06, by Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 126/20

    Amends the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that beginning with the summer of 2007, the board of education of each school district in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals must operate a summer food service program or identify a non-profit or private agency to sponsor a program (now, by the summer of 2006 and then each summer thereafter, these school districts are strongly encouraged to operate a summer food service program or identify a non-profit or private agency to sponsor a program).


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning schools.
 
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 changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 126/20)
7     Sec. 20. Summer food service program.
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.
12     (b) Beginning with the summer of 2007, By the summer of
13 2006 and then each summer thereafter, it is strongly encouraged
14 that the board of education of each school district in this
15 State in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for
16 free or reduced-price school meals must operate a summer food
17 service program or identify a non-profit or private agency to
18 sponsor a summer food service program within the school
19 district's boundaries.
20     (c) Summer food service programs established under this
21 Section may be supported by federal funds and commodities and
22 other available State and local resources.
23 (Source: P.A. 93-1086, eff. 2-15-05.)