House Bill 19-1171 Summary

• Expands the Child Nutrition School Lunch Protection Program to include students in kindergarten through twelfth grade (previously only K-8th grade).

• Eliminates reduced lunch prices for eligible students in state-subsidized early childhood education programs and participating in the school lunch program.

• Consolidates separate funding mechanisms by repealing the standalone sixth through eighth grade appropriation and incorporating grades 6-12 into the main program funding structure.

• Appropriates $463,729 to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2019-20 to implement the expanded program.

• Takes effect August 2, 2019, subject to voter approval in November 2020 if a referendum petition is filed within 90 days of final adjournment.