Bill > LD577

This bill establishes the Free Milk Fund within the Department of Education to help address student hunger by providing grants to school administrative units that want to offer free milk to students who do not receive lunch through the school food service program. Specifically, the bill creates a dedicated fund that can receive money from public and private sources, with any unspent funds rolling over to the next fiscal year. To be eligible for these grants, a school administrative unit must participate in the National School Lunch Program (a federal program that provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children) and meet its compliance requirements. The Department of Education will be responsible for developing routine technical rules to implement the fund, ensuring that the process for distributing grants is clear and standardized. The goal of this legislation is to help reduce food insecurity among students by ensuring they have access to milk, even if they are not enrolled in the standard school lunch program.

Education

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