2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215b. - Duties of State Board of Education re feeding programs.

(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to expend in each fiscal year, within available appropriations, an amount equal to (1) the money required pursuant to the matching requirements of said federal laws and shall disburse the same in accordance with said laws, and (2) ten cents per lunch served in the prior school year in accordance with said laws by any local or regional board of education, the Technical Education and Career System or governing authority of a state charter school, interdistrict magnet school or endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34 that participates in the National School Lunch Program and certifies pursuant to section 10-215f that the nutrition standards established by the Department of Education pursuant to section 10-215e shall be met.
(b) The State Board of Education shall prescribe the manner and time of application by such board of education, the Technical Education and Career System, such governing authority or controlling authority of the nonpublic schools for such funds, provided such application shall include the certification that any funds received pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be used for the program approved. The State Board of Education shall determine the eligibility of the applicant to receive such grants pursuant to regulations provided in subsection (c) of this section and shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of the grant for which the board of education, the Technical Education and Career System, the governing authority or the controlling authority of a nonpublic school is eligible. Upon receipt of such certification, the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer in the amount, at the time and to the payee so certified.
(c) The State Board of Education may adopt such regulations as may be necessary in implementing sections 10-215 to 10-215b, inclusive.
(d) The Commissioner of Education shall establish a procedure for monitoring compliance by boards of education, the Technical Education and Career System, or governing authorities with certifications submitted in accordance with section 10-215f and may adjust grant amounts pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section based on failure to comply with said certification.
(e) The Commissioner of Education may temporarily waive any provision or modify any requirements of this section or section 10-215, 10-215a, 10-215e or 10-215f, in response to any changes in federal law or waivers issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, to ensure that local and regional boards of education continue to receive the funds described in this section.
(1971, P.A. 702, S. 3–5; P.A. 78-218, S. 140; P.A. 81-208, S. 3; P.A. 92-170, S. 15, 26; P.A. 06-63, S. 4; P.A. 12-116, S. 84; P.A. 17-237, S. 72; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 173; P.A. 22-38, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability of Subsec. (b) to local and regional boards of education, deleting references to school boards and school districts, and made technical correction; P.A. 81-208 deleted provisions detailing subject matter of regulations in Subsec. (c); P.A. 92-170 made a technical change in Subsec. (c); P.A. 06-63 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing language as Subdiv. (1) and by adding Subdiv. (2) re ten-cent bonus, amended Subsec. (b) by adding language re regional vocational-technical school system and governing authority and added Subsec. (d) re monitoring compliance, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 12-116 replaced “regional vocational-technical school system” with “technical high school system”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced “technical high school system” with “Technical Education and Career System”, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “within available appropriations” re expenditure by State Board of Education, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 22-38 added Subsec. (e) re authority of commissioner to temporarily waive any provision or modify any requirement of section or Secs. 10-215, 10-215a, 10-215e or 10-215f in response to changes in federal law or waivers by issued by United States Department of Agriculture, effective May 17, 2022.