18A:33-11.3 Establishment of "breakfast after the bell" program in certain public schools.

2. a. Every public school in which 70% or more of the students enrolled in the school on or before the last school day before October 16 of the preceding school year were eligible for free or reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program or the federal School Breakfast Program, shall establish a school "breakfast after the bell" program .

b. No later than six months following the effective date of this act, each school district shall submit to the Department of Agriculture a plan for the establishment of a "breakfast after the bell" program for all grades at each school in the district which is subject to the requirements of this section. The plan shall comply with the requirements of the School Breakfast Program administered by the Department of Agriculture.

No later than the first full school year following the submission of the plan, the school district shall establish a "breakfast after the bell" program in each of its schools which are subject to the requirements of this section based upon the plan submitted by the school district to the Department of Agriculture.

c. Upon application, a school district may be granted a waiver by the Department of Agriculture of the requirements of this section for any school in which more than 70 percent of eligible students received a meal under the school breakfast program during the preceding school year. A school district that requests a waiver shall provide such information as the Department of Agriculture specifies to justify the request.

d. The Department of Agriculture shall provide a listing of available resources for the purposes of this section to each school district no later than three months following the effective date of this act .

L.2018, c.25, s.2.