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20.255
(2) (cn)
Aids for school lunches and nutritional improvement for the
10elderly. The amounts in the schedule
for the payment of school lunch aids under s.
11115.34 (2) and for nutritional improvement under ss. 36.51, 38.36
, and 115.345.
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12Section
5. 115.34 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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13115.34 (title)
School lunch program and breakfast programs.
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14Section
6. 115.34 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.34 (1r).
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15Section
7. 115.34 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.34
(1g) In this section:
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(a) “Eligible school” means a school that is eligible for reimbursement for a
18school year under sub. (4).
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(b) “Governing body” means the school board of a school district, operator of a
20charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), governing body of a private school,
21governing body of a tribal school, operator of a residential care center for children and
22youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), director of the Wisconsin Educational Services
23Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, or director of the Wisconsin Center for
24the Blind and Visually Impaired.
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1(c) “School” means a public school, including a charter school under s. 118.40
2(2r) or (2x), private school, tribal school, residential care center for children and
3youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g), the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for
4the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, or the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually
5Impaired.
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6Section 8
. 115.34 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.34
(2) The Beginning with reimbursements paid in 2024-25 for school
8lunches served in the 2023-24 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255
9(2) (cL), the state superintendent shall make
payments to school districts, private
10schools, charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), tribal schools, the program
11under s. 115.52, and the center under s. 115.525 a payment to the governing body of
12a school that is not an eligible school for a school year and that participates in the
13national school lunch program, 42 USC 1751 to 1769j, for that school year for school
14lunches served to children in
the prior that school year as determined by the state
15superintendent
from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cn). Payments shall
16equal the state's matching obligation under
42 USC 1751 et seq to 1769j. Payments
17in the current year shall be determined by prorating the state's matching obligation
18based on the number of school lunches served to children in the prior year.
In this
19subsection, “private school" means any school defined in s. 115.001 (3r) which 20complies with the requirements of 42 USC 2000d.
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21Section
9. 115.34 (3) to (5) of the statutes are created to read:
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115.34
(3) Beginning with reimbursements paid in 2024-25 for breakfasts
23served in the 2023-24 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm),
24the state superintendent shall reimburse the governing body of a school that is not
25an eligible school for a school year and that participates in the federal school
1breakfast program,
42 USC 1773, for that school year 15 cents for each breakfast
2served in that school year at the school that meets the requirements of
7 CFR 220.8.
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3(4) Beginning with reimbursements for school lunches and breakfasts served
4in the 2023-24 school year, the governing body of a school is eligible for
5reimbursement under sub. (5) for meals served in the school year only if the
6governing body does all of the following:
AB510-SSA1,5,87(a) Participates in both the national school lunch program,
42 USC 1751 to
81769j, and the federal school breakfast program,
42 USC 1773, for the school year.
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(b) For each day in which school is in session during the school year, provides
10to any pupil who requests, at no cost to the pupil, one lunch that meets the
11requirements under
7 CFR 210.10 and one breakfast that meets the requirements
12of
7 CFR 220.8.
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13(5) (a) Beginning with reimbursements for school lunches and breakfasts
14served in the 2023-24 school year, subject to par. (b), the state superintendent shall
15reimburse the governing body of an eligible school all of the following amounts:
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1. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cL), for each lunch the eligible
17school served under sub. (4) (b) in the prior school year, an amount equal to the
18federal reimbursement rate under the national school lunch program,
42 USC 1751 19to
1769j, applicable to the eligible school for serving a lunch to a pupil who satisfies
20the income eligibility criteria for a free lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
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2. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm), for each breakfast the
22eligible school served under sub. (4) (b) in the prior school year, an amount equal to
23the federal reimbursement rate under the federal school breakfast program,
42 USC
241773, applicable to the eligible school for serving a breakfast to a pupil who satisfies
25the income eligibility criteria for a free breakfast under
42 USC 1773 (e) (1) (A).
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1(b) The state superintendent shall reduce the reimbursement amount the state
2superintendent pays to the governing body of an eligible school under par. (a) by any
3amount the governing body receives from the federal government as reimbursement
4for the same meals.
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(c) The governing body of an eligible school may charge a pupil for food or drink
6items the eligible school serves to the pupil that are in addition to or different from
7the meals the eligible school is required to serve to the pupil at no cost under sub. (4)
8(b).
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9Section 10
. 115.341 of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this
10act), is repealed.
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11Section
11. 115.341 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.341
(1) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm), the state
13superintendent shall reimburse each school board 15 cents for each breakfast served
14at a school that meets the requirements of
7 CFR 220.8 or
220.8a, whichever is
15applicable, and shall reimburse each governing body of a private school or tribal
16school 15 cents for each breakfast served at the private school or tribal school that
17meets the requirements of
7 CFR 220.8 or
220.8a, whichever is applicable.
This
18subsection does not apply to reimbursements paid in 2024-25 for breakfasts served
19in the 2023-24 school year or in any school year thereafter.
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(1)
Legislative purpose and intent. It is the intent of the legislature that no
22child in this state should experience hunger and that every school-age child should
23benefit from access to at least 2 healthy, nutritious meals during the school day.
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(2)
Transitional provision; reimbursement for school lunches served in
252021-22. Notwithstanding s. 115.34 (2), the state superintendent of public instruction
1shall make payments to school districts, private schools, charter schools under s.
2118.40 (2r) and (2x), tribal schools, the program under s. 115.52, and the center under
3s. 115.525 for school lunches served to children in the 2022-23 school year as
4provided under s. 115.34 (2), 2021 stats.
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5Section
13.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
6except as follows:
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(1)
The treatment of s. 20.255 (2) (cL), (cm), and (cn) and the repeal of s. 115.341
8take effect on July 1, 2024.