CHAPTER 127
HB 1249-FN-A-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION
2006 SESSION
04/10
HOUSE BILL 1249-FN-A-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to state reimbursement for school breakfasts and making an appropriation therefor.
SPONSORS: Rep. Stiles, Rock 15; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 5; Rep. Rush, Merr 7; Rep. Weyler, Rock 8; Rep. MacKay, Merr 11; Sen. Green, Dist 6; Sen. Martel, Dist 18; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Foster, Dist 13
This bill requires school districts which participate in the National School Breakfast Program to maintain annual statistics on the number of breakfast meals served to pupils. The bill appropriates $100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 to reimburse schools which serve qualifying breakfast meals to pupils.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2107
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to state reimbursement for school breakfasts and making an appropriation therefor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
127:1 Department of Education; Appropriation for School Breakfasts. The sum of $100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 is hereby appropriated to the department of education for the purpose of reimbursing schools for breakfast meals as provided in RSA 189:11-a, VII(b). The department of education may use up to $10,000 of this amount in support of technology upgrades within the department. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
127:2 New Paragraph; School Boards; Food and Nutrition Programs. Amend RSA 189:11-a by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII.(a) Each school district which participates in the National School Breakfast Program shall maintain annual statistics on the number of breakfast meals served to pupils.
(b) Such school which demonstrates to the department of education that an approved school wellness policy, as required under the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, is in effect, and that such school is providing breakfast meals to pupils that meet or exceed the United States Department of Agriculture’s child nutrition criteria may apply for and receive a 3 cent reimbursement for each breakfast meal served to a pupil. The department of education shall request biennial appropriations in an amount sufficient to meet projected school breakfast reimbursements. The department of education shall prescribe forms as necessary under this paragraph.
127:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 19, 2006
Effective: July 18, 2006