ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
food
security programs
Purpose
Appropriates $2.9 million from the
state general fund to the Department of Education in FY 2000-2001 for food
security programs and services.
Background
This legislation is based on the recommendations made by
the Joint Legislative Committee on Hunger.
During the academic school year or during school breaks,
school-aged children from low-income families are eligible to receive free
meals when schools or other sponsoring entities offer these meals. In Arizona, 348 schools do not offer the
School Breakfast Program, according to the Association of Arizona Food Banks. The federal reimbursement of $1.09 for every
breakfast provided through the School Breakfast Program is less than the
state’s average school cost to prepare and serve a student breakfast.
There are currently 32 states that
have a School Breakfast legislation in place and 18 states offer state funds as
incentives or assistance to schools to offer school breakfast, some through
grants and others through per-meal reimbursements that supplement federal
funds.
S.B. 1311 appropriates $2.9 million in FY 2000-20001 from
the state general fund to the Department of Education for food security
programs.
Provisions
1.
Appropriates $2.9 million from the
state general fund to the Department of Education in FY 2000-2001 for food
security programs and services as follows:
·
Requires $2,400,000 to be used to
subsidize the School Breakfast Program, including up to 10 cents per meal for
each participating child.
·
Requires $500,000 to be used to
subsidize the Summer Food Service Program. Allows $1,000 to be distributed to
each organization providing summer food programs for at least seven weeks and
to organizations that provide programs during all vacation periods for
year-round or extended-year schools.
2.
Provides for a general effective
date.
Prepared by
Senate Staff
January 24,
2000