HB2641 Summary

• Designates the State Board of Agriculture as the "State Educational Agency" under the National School Lunch Act and grants it authority to administer the federal school lunch program in Oklahoma.

• Transfers the Child Nutrition Programs Division from the State Department of Education to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, including all personnel, property, and assets as of July 1, 2014.

• Authorizes the State Board of Agriculture to administer seven federal child nutrition programs: National School Lunch, School Breakfast, After-School Snack, Summer Food Service, Nutrition Education and Training, Special Milk, and Child and Adult Care Food programs.

• Creates a School Lunch Workshop Revolving Fund for the State Board of Agriculture to sponsor workshops and develop materials, funded by workshop fees and material sales.

• Removes National School Lunch program authority from the State Board of Education while preserving its ability to supervise school lunch functions in school districts; declares an emergency effective date of July 1, 2014.