Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates $3.2 million for all public schools to offer free breakfast, regardless of a student's income level in Delaware.

Highlights:

• Requires that a public school that participates in the School Breakfast Program shall make available a breakfast free of charge to any attending student regardless of household income (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the department reimburse a public school providing a free school breakfast under this section (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the department may not reimburse a public school for more than 1 free breakfast per student per breakfast meal service (Sec. 1).

• Requires that reimbursements must be equal to the federal free reimbursement rate multiplied by the total number of breakfasts that the participating public school serves during the applicable budget year, minus the total amount of reimbursement for breakfasts served during the applicable budget year that the participating public school receives under the School Breakfast Program (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates $3.2 million for all public schools to offer free breakfast, regardless of a student's income level in Delaware.

Highlights:

• Requires that a public school that participates in the School Breakfast Program shall make available a breakfast free of charge to any attending student regardless of household income (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the department reimburse a public school providing a free school breakfast under this section (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the department may not reimburse a public school for more than 1 free breakfast per student per breakfast meal service (Sec. 1).

• Requires that reimbursements must be equal to the federal free reimbursement rate multiplied by the total number of breakfasts that the participating public school serves during the applicable budget year, minus the total amount of reimbursement for breakfasts served during the applicable budget year that the participating public school receives under the School Breakfast Program (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text