TITLE: Relating to the donation of food by a school district or open-enrollment charter school.

SUMMARY: Relating to the donation of food by a school district or open-enrollment charter school.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the donation of food by a school district or open-enrollment charter school. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 33.907, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: (e-1) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that adopts a policy under Subsection (e) shall make a good faith attempt to donate, in the manner provided under Subsection (b), any eligible, unused food not provided to a student before disposing of the food as waste. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.