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§ 7-703. Reimbursement rates for meals

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEducationEffective: July 1, 2018

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Education (Refs & Annos)
Division II. Elementary and Secondary Education [Titles 2-9.5] (Refs & Annos)
Title 7. Public Schools (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 7. Breakfast Program (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2018
MD Code, Education, § 7-703
§ 7-703. Reimbursement rates for meals
Currentness
Reimbursement by federal government
(a) The free breakfast program under this subtitle shall be suspended if the per meal reimbursement that the federal government provides for the breakfast program is:
(1) Reduced below the rate prescribed on July 1, 2013; or
(2) Adjusted by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, as of the most recent July 1 under the national Child Nutrition Act,1 and the per meal reimbursement is below the adjusted rate.
Determination of reimbursement rate
(b) The State reimbursement to a county board of education or a participating nonpublic school for each meal under subsection (a) of this section shall be determined as follows:
(1) Multiply the number of reduced price eligible breakfasts served statewide times the sum of the federal reimbursement rate for those breakfasts plus the student share of the cost for those breakfasts;
(2) Multiply the number of free breakfasts served statewide times the federal reimbursement rate for those breakfasts; and
(3) Divide the total of items (1) and (2) of this subsection by the total number of free and reduced price eligible breakfasts.

Credits

Added as Education § 7-5A-03 by Acts 1980, c. 836, § 1, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Acts 1981, c. 31; Acts 1984, c. 90; Acts 1990, c. 488, § 1, eff. July 1, 1990. Renumbered as Education § 7-703 by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 16, eff. April 9, 1996. Amended by Acts 1999, c. 384, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, c. 385, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2018, c. 560, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018.

Footnotes

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Pub.L. 89-642, Oct. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 885, codified at 42 U.S.C.A. § 1771 et seq.
MD Code, Education, § 7-703, MD EDUC § 7-703
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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