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2024 SESSION

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SB 283 Free school meals; work group to study offering to students statewide.

Introduced by: Danica A. Roem | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Free school meals; stakeholder work group; report. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, to convene a stakeholder work group to study the estimated impact of offering free school meals to students statewide, identify options for reducing or eliminating student and school meal debt, and make recommendations on options for leveraging other programs funded at the state and federal levels for the provision of student school meals. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Joint Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education Funding by November 1, 2024.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101521D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/12/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107491D-S1  pdf
• 02/28/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24108418D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101521D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/10/24  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
• 01/18/24  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 4-N)
• 01/18/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/12/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107491D-S1
• 02/12/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/13/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/13/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107491D-S1
• 02/13/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB283S1
• 02/13/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/24  House: Read first time
• 02/15/24  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 02/28/24  House: Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
• 02/28/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24108418D-H1
• 03/01/24  House: Read second time
• 03/04/24  House: Read third time
• 03/04/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24108418D-H1
• 03/04/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB283H1
• 03/04/24  House: Passed House with substitute (84-Y 14-N)
• 03/04/24  House: VOTE: Passage (84-Y 14-N)
• 03/05/24  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
• 03/05/24  Senate: Title replaced 24108418D-H1
• 03/08/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/08/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER)
• 03/08/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/05/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 586 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586)