Bill Text - SB526 (2018)

(Second New Title) relative to school food and nutrition programs.


Revision: Jan. 9, 2018, 8:36 a.m.

SB 526-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-3020

06/03

 

SENATE BILL 526-FN

 

AN ACT relative to school breakfast programs.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Rep. LeBrun, Hills. 32; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10; Rep. Gile, Merr. 27; Rep. Eaton, Ches. 3

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires each school board to provide a free breakfast during school hours to any child under its jurisdiction.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-3020

06/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to school breakfast programs.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Food and Nutrition Programs in Schools.  Amend RSA 189:11-a, I to read as follows:

I.  Each school board shall make [a meal] breakfast available during school hours to every pupil under its jurisdiction.  Such [meals] breakfast shall be served without cost [or at a reduced cost] to any [needy] child [who is unable to pay the full cost of said meals].  The state board of education shall insure compliance with this section and shall establish minimum nutritional standards for such [meals and shall further establish income guidelines setting forth the minimum family size annual income levels to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals] breakfast.  Nothing in this section shall prohibit the operation of both a breakfast and lunch program in the same school.  Further any requirement of this section which conflicts with any federal statute or regulation may be waived by the state board of education.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBAO

18-3020

1/3/18

 

SB 526-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to school breakfast programs.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [ X ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Funding Source:

  [ X ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [    ] Other

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL:

 

 

 

 

   Revenue

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

   Expenditures

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires school districts to provide a free breakfast to all students.  The exact cost of this bill cannot be calculated for each district as there are too many unknown variables (e.g., current breakfast offering, staffing requirements, etc.…), however, for informational purposes, the Department of Education has provided the following statewide data:

Student Data as of October 1, 2017

Total K-12 Students

     181,634

Total K-12 Free and Reduced Meal Eligible

       44,623

Total Free

       37,520

Total Reduced

       7,103

 

Average Breakfast Meal Price

$1.75

 

 

Federal Free Breakfast Reimbursement Rate

$1.75

Federal Reduced Breakfast Reimbursement Rate

$1.45

Federal Paid Breakfast Reimbursement Rate

$0.30

 

Total Cost of Breakfast
181,634 Students X $1.75 X 180 School Days

$57,214,710

 

 

Less: Federal Offsets

 

Federal Free
37,520 Students X $1.75 X 180 School Days

($11,818,800)

Federal Reduced
7,103 Students X $1.45 X 180 School Days

($1,853,883)

Federal Paid
137,011 Students X $0.30 X 180 School Days

($7,398,594)

Total Federal Offsets

($21,071,277)

 

 

Net

$36,143,433

 

Pursuant to RSA 189:11-a, schools which demonstrate 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 three cent reimbursement for each breakfast meal served to a pupil.  To the extent more schools are offering breakfast and seeking the three cent reimbursement, state general fund expenditures and local revenue will increase.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Education