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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 28 By: Hicks
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 3-119, which relates to school nutrition;
8 updating statutory language; requiring school
8 districts to provide meals at no cost to certain
9 children in certain school years; requiring
9 apportionment of funds for certain purpose; providing
10 an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-119, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 3-119. A. Funds appropriated to the State Board of
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17 Education for School Lunch Matching school lunch matching and School
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18 Lunch Programs school lunch programs shall be apportioned by the
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19 State Board of Education to each school district for the purpose of
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20 providing meals for children in compliance with the National School
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21 Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and Public Law 91-248,
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22 as they may hereafter be amended or supplemented.
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23 B. For the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years, school
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1 of a household in which the total annual income during the preceding
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2 tax year did not exceed an amount equal to two hundred fifty percent
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3 (250%) of the federal poverty level. Funds shall be apportioned by
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4 the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection A of this
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5 section to each school district for the purposes of this subsection.
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6 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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7 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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8 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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9 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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10 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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