West Virginia HB 3225: Hunger-Free Campus Act

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WEST virginia 
legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 3225

By Delegates Young, Worrell 
and Zukoff

[Introduced March 16, 
2021; Referred to the Committee on Education then Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code 
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated 
§18B-20-1, §18B-20-2, §18B-20-3, §18B-20-4, §18B-20-5, and §18B-20-6, all relating 
to creating the Hunger Free Campus Act; providing for a short title; enacting 
the act and providing for a legislative purpose; providing qualifications for 
campuses to be designated as “Hunger-Free” zones; giving a reporting 
requirement; appropriating money; and providing for an effective date.

Be it enacted by the 
Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 20. hunger 
free campus act.

§18B-20-1. Short 
title.

This article shall be 
known and may be cited as the "Hunger-Free Campus Act."

§18B-20-2. Enactment 
and purpose.

The West Virginia Higher 
Education Policy Commission shall establish a Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program. 
The purpose of the program shall be to provide grants to public institutions of 
higher education that have one or more campuses that are designated by the 
secretary as hunger-free campuses. The purpose of the grant funding shall be 
to:

(a) Address student 
hunger;

(b) Leverage more 
sustainable solutions to address basic food needs on campus;

(c) Raise awareness of 
services currently offered on campus which address basic food needs; and

(d) Continue to build 
strategic partnerships at the local, state, and national levels to address food 
insecurity among students.

§18B-20-3. Campus 
qualification.

In order to be 
designated as a hunger-free campus, the institution shall:

(a) Establish a Campus 
Hunger Task Force that meets a minimum of three times per academic year to set 
at least two goals with action plans;

(b) Designate a staff 
member responsible for assisting students with enrollment in West Virginia 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);

(c) Provide options for students to utilize SNAP 
benefits at campus stores that meet the federal 
standards set by the Food and Nutrition Service in the United States Department 
of Agriculture;

(d) Participate in an awareness day campaign activity 
and plan a campus awareness event during the National Hunger and Homelessness 
Awareness Week;

(e) Provide at least one physical food pantry on 
campus, or enable students to receive food through a separate, stigma-free 
arrangement;

(f) Develop a “Swipe Out Hunger” student meal credit 
sharing program, or designate a certain amount of funds for free meal vouchers 
that might otherwise be raised through a “Swipe Out Hunger” program; and

(g) Annually conduct a student survey on hunger, 
developed by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, and submit 
the results of the survey and a best practices campus profile to the secretary 
at a time prescribed by the secretary for inclusion in a comparative profile of 
each campus designated as a hunger-free campus. In the development of the 
survey, the secretary may utilize any existing surveys designed to collect 
information on food insecurity among students enrolled in public institutions 
of higher education.

The secretary shall 
allocate grant funding to each public institution of higher education that has 
one or more campuses designated by the secretary as a hunger-free campus in 
accordance with the criteria established pursuant to this article. The 
secretary shall determine the amount of each grant which shall be used by the 
institution to further address food insecurity among students enrolled in the 
institution.

§18B-20-4. Reporting 
requirement.

The secretary shall 
submit a report to the Governor,