Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 372 (2021GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Johnson, D.N.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/17/2021

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• delays the dates by which certain public schools are required to serve breakfast to a student after the instructional day begins.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

START SMART UTAH BREAKFAST PROGRAM AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Dan N. Johnson
Senate Sponsor: 
Lincoln Fillmore
Cosponsor:
Elizabeth Weight
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill delays the dates by which certain public schools are required to serve breakfast
to a student after the instructional day begins.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ delays the dates by which certain public schools are required to serve breakfast to a
student after the instructional day begins.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53G-9-205.1
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 96
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53G-9-205.1
 is amended to read:
53G-9-205.1.
Start Smart Utah Program.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Alternative breakfast service model" means a method of serving breakfast to a
student after the instructional day begins.
(b) "National School Lunch Program" means the same as that term is defined in 7
C.F.R. Sec. 210.2.
(c) "Public school" means:
(i) a school under the control of a school district;
(ii) a charter school; or
(iii) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(d) "School Breakfast Program" means the same as that term is defined in 7 C.F.R.
Sec. 220.2.
(e) "Start Smart Utah Program" or "program" means the Start Smart Utah Program
created in Subsection (2).
(f) "Traditional breakfast service model" means a method of serving breakfast to a
student before the instructional day begins.
(2) (a) There is created the Start Smart Utah Program.
(b) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a public school that participates in the
National School Lunch Program shall participate in the School Breakfast Program.
(c) (i) Beginning with the [
2020-21
] 
2021-22
 school year, a public school in which
70% or more of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch shall use an alternative breakfast
service model.
(ii) Beginning with the [
2021-22
] 
2022-23
 school year, a public school in which 50%
or more of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch shall use an alternative breakfast
service model.
(iii) Beginning with the [
2022-23
] 
2023-24
 school year, a public school in which 30%
or more of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch shall use an alternative breakfast
service model.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(c):
(i) a public school that is subject to the requirements described in Subsection (2)(c)
may use a traditional breakfast service model in addition to an alternative breakfast service
model; and
(ii) a public school in which 70% or more of the students who qualify for free or
reduced lunch participate in the School Breakfast Program is exempt from the requirements
described in Subsection (2)(c).
(3) (a) A public school may apply to the state board for a waiver of the requirements
described in Subsection (2), if the requirements cause undue hardship.
(b) The state board shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
Administrative Rulemaking Act, to create a waiver application, submission, review, and
approval process.
(4) The state board shall:
(a) administer the program in accordance with this section and in conjunction with the
state board's duties as the administering agency of federal child nutrition programs;
(b) track implementation of alternative breakfast service models in public schools; and
(c) provide guidance and technical assistance to public schools related to implementing
the Start Smart Utah Program in accordance with the requirements of this section, including
assistance with soliciting parent feedback on the program.
(5) The requirements of this section shall be nullified by the termination of the
entitlement status of the School Breakfast Program by the federal government.