Appropriating Funding to the Department of Education for the Farm to Child Nutrition Program and Hunger Free Schools Account

S.B. 5513 appropriates $10.2 million in funding to the Department of Education for the 2021-2023 biennium to administer the Farm to Child Nutrition Program.

This bill also appropriates $52.1 million for the Hunger Free Schools Account for the 2021-2023 biennium (see the
Joint Committee On Ways and Means Budget Report and Measure Summary). The Hunger Free Schools Account expands school meal participation by (1) serving breakfast after the bell in schools with 70% or greater free and reduced-price eligible students; (2) subsidizing schools to participate in the Community Eligibility Program, and (3) providing meal subsidies to households with incomes above 185% but not exceeding 300% of the federal poverty guidelines.