1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 1376 By: Boatman | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, | | Section 3-119, which relates to school nutrition; | 8| requiring schools to provide free school meals to | | certain children during the next two school years; | 9| providing an effective date; and declaring an | | emergency. | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 13| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-119, is | | | 14|amended to read as follows: | | | 15| Section 3-119. A. Funds appropriated to the State Board of | | | 16|Education for School Lunch Matching and School Lunch Programs shall | | | 17|be apportioned by the State Board of Education to each school | | | 18|district for the purpose of providing meals for children in | | | 19|compliance with the National School Lunch Act and the Child | | | 20|Nutrition Act of 1966 and Public Law 91-248, as they may hereafter | | | 21|be amended or supplemented. | | | 22| B. In accordance with subsection A of this section, for the | | | 23|2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, school districts shall provide | | | 24|school meals at no cost to a child who is a member of a household in | | | Req. No. 5159 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|which the total annual income during the preceding tax year does not | | | 2|exceed an amount equal to three hundred percent (300%) of the | | | 3|federal poverty level. | | | 4| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 5| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 6|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 7|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 8|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 9| | | | 10| 59-1-5159 EK 01/16/23 | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 5159 Page 2