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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kretschmann, BB0099 - Locally Sourced Foods Incentive Payment
For 2023-2025 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
Locally sourced food incentive payments
This bill requires DPI to reimburse a school food authority 10 cents for each school meal it provided in the previous school year that contained locally sourced food. Under the bill, a “school food authority” is an educational entity that participates in the federal school lunch program and a “school meal” is a lunch or snack provided under the federal school lunch program or a breakfast provided under the federal school breakfast program. Finally, the bill defines “locally sourced food” as food that is raised, produced, aggregated, sorted, processed, and distributed within this state.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.255 (2) (bk) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (2) (bk) Locally sourced food incentive payments. The amounts in the schedule for payments to school food authorities under s. 115.344.
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
2. 115.344 of the statutes is created to read:
115.344 Locally sourced food incentive payments. (1) In this section:
(a) “Federal school breakfast program” means the program under
42 USC 1773.
(b) “Federal school lunch program” means the program under
42 USC 1751 to
1769j.
(c) “Locally sourced food” means food that is raised, produced, aggregated, sorted, processed, and distributed within this state.
(d) “School food authority” means all of the following that participate in the federal school lunch program:
1. A school district.
2. A charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).
3. A private school.
4. A tribal school.
5. A residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 115.76 (14g).
6. The program under s. 115.52.
7. The center under s. 115.525.
(e) “School meal” means a lunch made available under the federal school lunch program, a meal supplement made available under the federal school lunch program, or a breakfast made available under the federal school breakfast program.
(2) Beginning in the 2024-25 school year and subject to sub. (3), the department shall reimburse a school food authority 10 cents for each school meal the school food authority provided in the previous school year that included a locally sourced food.
(3) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bk) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under this section, the department shall prorate payments among the school food authorities entitled to the aid.
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