HB0052 • 2021

Wyoming school protein enhancement project.

AN ACT relating to school nutrition; codifying a project that provides grants for school districts to increase the availability of Wyoming meat products in school nutrition programs; requiring matching funds; authorizing the department of education to accept donations and other outside funds as specified; requiring rulemaking; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Agriculture Budget Education

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Agriculture
Last action: 2021-04-02
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

The summary does not provide comprehensive details about the application process or specific goals required by schools.

Wyoming School Protein Enhancement Project

This law creates a project to provide grants for school districts to increase the use of Wyoming-raised meat products in school meals, requiring matching funds from schools and allowing donations.

What This Bill Does

Creates the 'School Protein Enhancement Project' to provide financial assistance to school districts to increase the quantity of Wyoming-raised poultry, lamb, pork, beef or bison used in school meals.
Provides grants for processing costs for donated meat products.
Requires a 1:1 match from each school district receiving funds.
Allows the Department of Education to accept donations and other outside funding specifically designated for this project.
Establishes an application process with minimum requirements including goals for increasing local meat use in school lunches.

Who It Names or Affects

Wyoming school districts that want to increase the amount of Wyoming-raised meat products used in their meal programs.
The Department of Education which will manage and fund this project.

Terms To Know

Matching funds: Money provided by a school district to match the grant money given for processing costs, at a ratio of one dollar from the district for each dollar from the state.
Processing costs: The expenses related to preparing donated meat products so they can be safely used in school meals.

Limits and Unknowns

Funding is limited to up to $25,000 from a specific state appropriation.
It's unclear how many school districts will receive funding due to budget constraints.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0052H3001

3rd reading • Representative Sherwood

Corrected, Adopted

Plain English: This amendment adds language that allows the Wyoming Department of Education to receive and use donations and other outside funding for a specific school nutrition program.

Adds new wording on page 1 line 4 to authorize the department to accept specified types of external funds.
Inserts additional text on page 2 line 13, allowing the department to take in gifts, contributions, and grants specifically aimed at supporting the school protein enhancement project.

The exact details about how these donations will be used are not specified in this amendment.

HB0052SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes the deadline for submitting grant applications and the word 'on' from a section of the bill.

Removes the phrase 'or before June 15 of each year' which was a deadline for submitting grant applications.
Deletes the word 'on' from the text.

The amendment does not specify what happens after removing these elements, such as whether there will be new deadlines or if schools can apply at any time of the year.

Bill History

2021-04-02 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 74
2021-04-02 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0047
2021-03-30 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0047
2021-03-30 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0047
2021-03-30 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0047
2021-03-29 House
H Concur:Passed 55-1-4-0-0
2021-03-26 House
H Received for Concurrence
2021-03-26 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-1-0-1
2021-03-25 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-24 Senate
S COW:Passed
2021-03-24 Senate
S Placed on General File
2021-03-24 Senate
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 3-0-1-0-1
2021-03-23 Senate
S COW:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
2021-03-23 Senate
S COW:Laid Back
2021-03-12 Senate
S Placed on General File
2021-03-12 Senate
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2021-03-10 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
2021-03-04 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2021-03-03 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0
2021-03-02 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-01 House
H COW:Passed
2021-02-02 House
H Placed on General File
2021-02-02 House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2021-02-02 House
:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
2021-02-02 House
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2021-02-01 House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
2021-01-12 House
H Received for Introduction
2021-01-08 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 21LSO-0145
Bill No.:

HB0052

Effective:

7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

21LSO-0145

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0047

Chapter No.:

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Wyoming school protein enhancement project.

Subject:

Wyoming protein for school lunches processing costs.

Summary/Major Elements:

The act creates the school protein enhancement project, which authorizes the Department of Education (WDE) to provide financial assistance to school districts to increase the quantity of Wyoming raised protein in school meals.

The program provides funds for processing costs so districts may process poultry, lamb, pork, beef or bison donated to the district.

The program requires a 1:1 match from the school districts to pay for the processing costs.

The act allows districts to receive contributions to support the program and requires WDE to endeavor to provide funding to as many school districts as possible.

The act provides for an application process and minimum application requirements which include the goals of the district in increasing the quantity of Wyoming meat used in school lunches.

The act authorizes WDE to use up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) of appropriated funds to implement the program.

Comments:

Creates/amends a major program; the act codifies the school protein enhancement project, previously existing only in the budget, and known as the school protein enhancement pilot project for public school children as created by 2017 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 137.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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21LSO-0145

ORIGINAL House

ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0052

ENROLLED ACT NO. 47,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 21
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10
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108 is created to read:

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The school protein enhancement project.

(a)

The school protein enhancement project is created. Under the project and for the 2021
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2022 school year and thereafter, the department of education may provide financial assistance to school districts to increase the quantity of Wyoming poultry, lamb, pork, beef and bison used in school meals. Financial assistance shall be provided only to pay for processing costs for Wyoming poultry, lamb, pork, beef or bison donated to a school district. The project shall meet program requirements and criteria established by rule and regulation of the department. The department shall, contingent upon available funding, provide a match of at least one dollar ($1.00) for every one dollar ($1.00) contributed by school districts to pay for Wyoming poultry, lamb, pork, beef or bison processing costs. The department may accept any gifts, contributions, donations, grants or federal funds specifically given to the department to support the school protein enhancement project. The department shall, to the extent possible, maintain the structure and requirements of the school protein enhancement pilot project for public school children as created by 2017 Wyoming Session Laws,
Chapter 137. The department shall also endeavor to provide funding to as many school districts as possible.

(b)

Each school district may apply to the department of education for financial assistance under this section. Application shall be on a form and in a manner prescribed by the department. At a minimum, the application shall include a description of the district's goals for increasing the quantity of Wyoming poultry, lamb, pork, beef or bison used in school lunches.

Section 2.

Up to twenty
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five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) from any appropriation to the department of education in 2020 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 80, Section 2, Section 206 as amended is authorized to be expended as necessary to implement this section. It is the intent of the legislature that funding to the department of education sufficient to continue the school protein enhancement project created in section 1 of this act be included in the department of education's standard budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk