Healthy School Meals for All State Education Fund

Plain English Breakdown

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Healthy School Meals for All State Education Fund

This law confirms past spending on school meals, moves $31 million from the meal program fund to the state education fund in 2026, and delays future money transfers back into the meal program until 2028.

What This Bill Does

• Confirms that money was taken from the State Education Fund for healthy school meals during fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25.
• Requires the state treasurer to move $31,066,831 from the Healthy School Meals for All Program Cash Fund to the State Education Fund on July 1, 2026.
• Delays the requirement for the state treasurer to transfer money back into the meal program funds until July 1, 2028.
• Removes reporting requirements related to money held in the Healthy School Meals for All Program Cash Fund.

Who It Names or Affects

• The State Treasurer
• The Healthy School Meals for All Program Cash Fund
• The State Education Fund

Terms To Know

Appropriated money

Money that the legislature officially sets aside to be spent on a specific purpose.

State fiscal year

The 12-month period used by the state government for budgeting, which runs from July 1 to June 30.

Limits and Unknowns

• The text does not specify how much money will be transferred starting in 2028.
• The source material does not list the specific reporting requirements that are being removed.

Official Summary Text

During the 2023-24 and 2024-25 state fiscal years, the general assembly appropriated money from the state education fund for expenditures related to the healthy school meals for all program. The act directs the state treasurer to transfer $31,066,831 from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund (program fund) to the state education fund on July 1, 2026.
Under current law, beginning on July 1, 2026, and on each July 1 thereafter, the state treasurer is required to transfer money from the state education fund to the program fund and to the healthy school meals for all program fund account (account) within the program fund. The act delays that requirement so that the treasurer is required to transfer money from the state education fund to the program fund and to the account beginning on July 1, 2028. In addition, the act repeals reporting requirements related to money in the program fund.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)