REPORT TITLE:
School Lunch

DESCRIPTION:
Sets the price of school lunch to be in proportion to the total
cost of operating the school food services program.  Allows the
Department to adjust the price to maintain this proportion.


 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO SCHOOL LUNCH



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to set the price of
 
 2 school lunch in proportion to the total cost of operating the
 
 3 school food services program, and to allow the department of
 
 4 education to adjust the price to maintain this proportion.
 
 5      SECTION 2.  Section 302A-405, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 6 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 7      "(a)  The price for the school lunch shall be [no more than
 
 8 $1 per child;] set by the department to ensure that moneys
 
 9 received from the sale of the lunches shall be up to one-third of
 
10 the cost of preparing the school lunch, rounded to the nearest 25
 
11 cents, adjusted during the first year of the fiscal biennium.
 
12 The price for the school lunch shall be based on the average cost
 
13 of preparing the school lunch over the three years preceding the
 
14 second year of the fiscal biennium; provided that the department
 
15 by rule shall provide a lower rate or free lunches to children
 
16 based on their economic need."
 
17      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
18 New statutory material is underscored.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
 
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 3                           INTRODUCED BY: ________________________
 

 
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