CSSB 3(EDC): "An Act providing for funding for school lunch and breakfast."
00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 3(EDC) 01 "An Act providing for funding for school lunch and breakfast." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 04 Sec. 14.03.127. State funding for school lunch and breakfast. (a) To 05 supplement the cost of lunch and breakfast provided to each student who is eligible for 06 a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 U.S.C. 1771 - 1784, in addition to public school 07 funding and subject to appropriation, the department shall provide funding to a school 08 district of 15 cents for lunch and 35 cents for breakfast to each eligible student. For 09 each meal, the department shall add an additional amount, expressed in cents and not 10 applied as a cost factor, that is determined by 11 (1) reducing the applicable district cost factor provided in 12 AS 14.17.460 by 1.0; and 13 (2) dividing the remainder determined under (1) of this subsection by 14 four; the department shall round to the nearest cent a quotient that is not a whole 15 number.
01 (b) Beginning July 1, 2012, the base amount under (a) of this section shall be 02 adjusted annually on October 1 according to changes in the Consumer Price Index for 03 all urban consumers for the Anchorage metropolitan area compiled by the United 04 States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The index for 2009 is the 05 reference base index for an adjustment made under this subsection. 06 (c) In this section, "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990.