SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1878        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 267

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sal N. DiDomenico

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act regarding breakfast after the bell.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

1/25/2019

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

1/24/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/24/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/24/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/29/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/29/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/29/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/29/2019

James T. Welch

Hampden

1/29/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/30/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/30/2019

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

1/30/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/30/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/30/2019

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Norfolk

1/31/2019

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

1/31/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/31/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2019

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

1/31/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

2/1/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/1/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

2/1/2019

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/1/2019

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

2/1/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/8/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

2/8/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/8/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

2/11/2019

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

3/7/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

3/12/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

4/3/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

4/3/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

10/2/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1878        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 267

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 267) of Sal N. DiDomenico, William N. Brownsberger, Paul R. Feeney, William L. Crocker, Jr. and other members of the General Court for legislation to regard breakfast after the bell.  Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act regarding breakfast after the bell.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 1C of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third paragraph the following paragraph:-

A public elementary or secondary school that is required to serve breakfast under the second paragraph of this section, where not less than 60 percent of the students at the school are eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the federal National School Lunch Program, as determined by the department, shall offer all students a school breakfast after the beginning of the instructional day. A school subject to this paragraph may use the breakfast service model that best suits its students in accordance with this section and the department’s guidelines including, but not limited to: breakfast in the classroom, grab and go breakfast or second chance breakfast. The department may promulgate regulations to implement this paragraph and may consult with nonprofit organizations with experience regarding equity, the opportunity gap, hunger and food security issues, and best practices for improving student access to school breakfast. The department shall annually: (i) collect information about availability and participation rates of students who partake in a school breakfast after the beginning of the instructional day under this paragraph at each school; and (ii) make the information publicly available on its website not later than July 1.

SECTION 2. The department of elementary and secondary education shall, not later than August 1, 2019, develop and distribute a schedule for districts to begin implementing the breakfast after the beginning of the instructional day program established in section 1C of chapter 69 of the General Laws. Not later than December 31, 2020, the department shall review all schools where not less than 60 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the federal National School Lunch Program and shall ensure full implementation of the breakfast after the beginning of the instructional day program established in said section 1C of said chapter 69 at all such schools not later than the start of the 2021-2022 academic year.

SECTION 3. Section 1 shall take effect on July 1, 2019.