SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4200

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  NOVEMBER 14, 2019

     The Senate Education Committee favorably reports Senate Bill No. 4200.

     This bill provides that a student eligible for reduced price breakfast or reduced price lunch will not be required to pay for any of the cost of the reduced price breakfast or reduced price lunch. Under the bill, the State will pay the difference between the federal allocation and the total cost of the reduced price breakfasts and reduced price lunches served to public school students. The bill directs the Department of Agriculture to adopt regulations establishing the schedule for, and the manner in which, reimbursements would be made to districts, and any other provisions necessary to implement the bill. The bill appropriates $4.5 million for the State payment required under the bill.