24RS HB 189

House Bill 189

Actions

Last Action	01/08/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools and making an appropriation therefor.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	165
Sponsors	C. Aull, S. Lewis, G. Brown Jr., J. Calloway, B. Chester-Burton, C. Fugate, S. Heavrin, J. Justice, S. McPherson, F. Rabourn, J. Raymond, R. Roberts, S. Stalker, T. Truett
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program; direct the Department of Education to reimburse an eligible school district $0.33 for every meal reimbursed by the community eligibility provision at the paid rate; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Proud school plan to identify and purchase available Kentucky-grown agricultural products and to optimize food usage; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out this section; provide that the section shall be null and void if the community eligibility provision is terminated by the United States Department of Agriculture; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Proud School Match Act; APPROPRIATION.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School nutrition, community eligibility provision, reimbursement to school districts Foods - School nutrition, community eligibility provision, universal free school meals at low income schools State Agencies - Department of Education, community eligibility provision, state match for paid rate meals Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Kentucky Board of Education, Kentucky Proud School Match Program Appropriations - Community eligibility provision, $0.33 per paid rate meal reimbursed to school district Children and Minors - School nutrition, community eligibility provision, reimbursement to school districts Short Titles and Popular Names - Kentucky Proud School Match Act