Section 18A:33-24 - Implementation of Summer Food Service Program.

NJ Rev Stat § 18A:33-24 (2019) (N/A)

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18A:33-24 Implementation of Summer Food Service Program.

1. a. Every school district in which 50 percent or more of the students enrolled in the school district 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:

(1) become a sponsor or site of the federal Summer Food Service Program; or

(2) apply for a waiver pursuant to section 3 of this act.

b. No later than one year after the date of enactment of this act, a school district which is required to sponsor a Summer Food Service Program pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall submit, to the Department of Agriculture, an application to become a sponsor of the federal Summer Food Service Program or documentation that the school district will become a site under an existing approved sponsor.

c. As used in this act, "Summer Food Service Program" means the federal program that reimburses sponsors for administrative and operational costs to provide meals for children 18 years of age and younger during periods when they are out of school for 15 or more consecutive school days, which is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and administered by the State Department of Agriculture in accordance with the requirements set forth in federal regulations at 7 CFR Part 225 and 7 CFR Part 250.

L.2018, c.28, s.1.

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