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DE HB66

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Sherae'a Moore

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Origin

House of Representatives

153rd General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands Delaware's Free School Meals Program to provide free breakfast and lunch to all public school students regardless of household income, building on previous legislation that only covered students eligible for reduced-price meals

  • Requires public schools participating in the federal School Breakfast Program or National School Lunch Program to offer one free breakfast and one free lunch per day to any attending student

  • Directs the Department of Education to reimburse schools for meal costs not covered by federal reimbursement programs, calculated as the federal free reimbursement rate multiplied by eligible meals served minus federal reimbursements received

  • Adds formal definitions for "breakfast," "lunch," and "eligible meal" by reference to federal regulations (7 C.F.R. § 220.2 and 7 C.F.R. § 210.2)

  • Takes effect 30 days after the Controller General publishes notice that funds have been appropriated to implement the program

Legislative Description

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Free School Meals Program.

Last Action

Stricken in House

3/18/2025

Committee Referrals

Education3/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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