GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1450

Short Title:  Expand School Breakfast Program/Funds. 	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Adams, Berry, Howard, McAllister (Primary Sponsors); Hunter and Fitch.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 29, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO EXPAND THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Education the sum of ten million sixty-nine thousand seven hundred forty dollars ($10,069,740) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of ten million sixty-nine thousand seven hundred forty dollars ($10,069,740) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.  The State Board shall use these funds to expand the school breakfast program to all students in kindergarten through fifth grade, prior to the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year.  Any school that serves students in any of the grades, kindergarten through fifth grade, is eligible to receive funds under the program for the 1999-2000 fiscal year for students in those grades.  Schools participating in the program shall provide breakfast, without charge, to all students in kindergarten through fifth grade in the school.
If these funds are not adequate to expand the program to all students in schools that elect to participate for the 1999-2000 school year, the Board of Education shall give priority to schools with a high concentration of children who qualify for free or reduced price lunches.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.