E2SHB 1238: Providing free school meals for all.

What this bill does

Requires public schools, beginning with the 2023-24 school year, to provide breakfast and lunch each school day to any requesting students and at no charge to the students. Makes the provision of meals at no charge to requesting students part of state's statutory program of basic education; Modifies funding provisions for the Learning Assistance Program and National Board Certification bonuses for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years; and Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a work group to identify and examine impacts to state-funded education programs resulting from requirements obligating schools to provide meals at no charge to requesting students.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 2, 2023
  93 yea · 3 nay · 2 not voting
• House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 18, 2023
  92 yea · 4 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 11, 2023
  44 yea · 5 nay

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