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This bill modifies Kansas state law regarding school meal programs by updating state funding and prohibiting certain fee collection practices. Specifically, the bill increases state general fund reimbursements from $0.06 to $0.40 per reduced price meal starting in the 2025-2026 school year, and explicitly prohibits local school boards from collecting the $0.40 fee from students participating in reduced price school meal programs. The bill references federal guidelines (42 U.S.C. 1759(a)) related to these reduced price meals and maintains existing language about prorating funds if total entitlements exceed appropriations. The bill also preserves a previous restriction preventing the use of state meal program funds to purchase identifiable imported meats, with a minor technical update to the language defining such meats. The legislation will take effect upon publication in the state statute book, and the original statute (K.S.A. 72-17,137) will be repealed, effectively replacing it with the updated version.

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https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb123/