Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 2/15/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5547




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5547 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Childhood Hunger
Relief Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 20 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 126/20)

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    Sec. 20. Summer food service program.

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    (a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate a State 
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plan for
summer food service programs, in accordance with 42 
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U.S.C. Sec. 1761 and any
other
applicable federal laws and 
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regulations,
by January 15, 2006.


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    (b) On or before April 15, 2007, a school district must 
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promulgate a plan to have a summer food service program for 
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each school in which at least 50% of the students are eligible 
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for free or reduced-price school meals. The plan must be 
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implemented during the summer of 2007.  If the school district 
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has one or more elementary schools that qualify, the summer 
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food service program must be operated within 5 miles of at 
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least one of the elementary schools and within 10 miles of the 
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other elementary schools, if any.  If a school is not open 
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during the summer months, the school  district may identify a 
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not-for-profit entity that is willing to sponsor a summer food 
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service program serving school-aged children in the 
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surrounding school area and may provide assistance to the 
 


 






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entity in documenting the number of children in the area who 
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are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals.
By the 
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summer of 2006 and then each summer thereafter, it is strongly 
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encouraged that the board of
education of each school
district 
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in this State in which at least 50% of the students are 
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eligible for
free or
reduced-price school meals operate a 
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summer food service program
or identify a non-profit or private 
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agency to sponsor a summer food service
program within the 
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school district's boundaries.


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    (c) Summer food service programs established under this 
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Section shall
may
be
supported by federal funds and commodities

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and other available State and local resources.


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(Source: P.A. 93-1086, eff. 2-15-05.)".