GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 420

 
 
Short Title:	Expand the School Breakfast Program.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Howard;  Adams, Alexander, Arnold, Blue, Bowie, Brubaker, Cansler, Capps, Clary, Coates, Culp, Davis, Earle, Easterling, Esposito, Insko, Jarrell, Jeffus, Johnson, McAllister, McComas, McLawhorn, Michaux, Mitchell, Morgan, Morris, Preston, Russell, Setzer, Sexton, Sherrill, Underhill, Walend, Warren, Weiss, C. Wilson, and Womble.	
Referred to:	Appropriations.	
March 1, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE  FUNDS TO EXPAND THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Education the sum of three million two hundred seventy‑five thousand dollars ($3,275,000) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year to expand the school breakfast program.  The State Board shall use these funds to provide breakfast without charge to all kindergarten students in the public schools.
SECTION 2.  The State Board of Education shall develop and implement a system to evaluate whether and to what extent the expansion of the school breakfast program affects school attendance rates and the frequency of disciplinary problems.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.