Florida SB 1674: Facility Requirements Based on Sex

Bill Text

1674 
K-12 School Lunches and Breakfasts 
2026-01-09T09:46:25Z 
Requiring K-12 public schools to participate in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program; providing requirements for the provision of school lunches and breakfasts at such schools; authorizing school districts to collect payment for specified meals; prohibiting school districts from using third-party debt collectors, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1674 

 By Senator Rouson 

 16-01513-26 20261674__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to K-12 school lunches and breakfasts; 
 3 amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; requiring K-12 public 
 4 schools to participate in the National School Lunch 
 5 Program and the School Breakfast Program; providing 
 6 requirements for the provision of school lunches and 
 7 breakfasts at such schools; authorizing school 
 8 districts to collect payment for specified meals; 
 9 prohibiting school districts from using third-party 
 10 debt collectors; providing for the reimbursement of 
 11 school breakfasts by the Department of Agriculture and 
 12 Consumer Services; providing a calculation for such 
 13 reimbursement; authorizing the Department of 
 14 Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt rules; 
 15 providing an effective date. 
 16 
 17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 18 
 19 Section 1. Subsection (16) of section 1001.42, Florida 
 20 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 21 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The 
 22 district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all 
 23 powers and perform all duties listed below: 
 24 (16) SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.— 
 25 (a) Assume such responsibilities and exercise such powers 
 26 and perform such duties as may be assigned to it by law or as 
 27 may be required by rules of the Department of Agriculture and 
 28 Consumer Services or, as in the opinion of the district school 
 29 board, are necessary to ensure school lunch services, consistent 
 30 with needs of students; effective and efficient operation of the 
 31 program; and the proper articulation of the school lunch program 
 32 with other phases of education in the district. 
 33 (b) Each school district shall require each school within 
 34 the district to participate in the National School Lunch Program 
 35 and the School Breakfast Program. Each school shall make: 
 36 1. Lunch available pursuant to the National School Lunch 
 37 Program, regardless of whether a student has the money to pay 
 38 for the lunch or owes money for meals previously provided. A 
 39 school district may collect payment for meals provided pursuant 
 40 to this paragraph. However, a school district may not use a 
 41 third-party debt collector to collect such debt. 
 42 2. Breakfast available pursuant to the National School 
 43 Breakfast Program at no cost to the student unless the student’s 
 44 parent has provided written notification to the school to 
 45 withhold such meal from the student. The Department of 
 46 Agriculture and Consumer Services shall reimburse each school 
 47 district for each school breakfast served to a student, with a 
 48 maximum of one breakfast per student per school day. The 
 49 reimbursement rate shall be the difference between the amount 
 50 paid by the United States Department of Agriculture and the free 
 51 rate set annually by the United States Secretary of Agriculture 
 52 for each school. 
 53 (c) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may 
 54 adopt rules to administer this subsection. 
 55 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.