105 ILCS 125/0.01
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324; 91-843, eff. 6-22-00.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 105 ILCS 125 — School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act.
Illinois · statute · 105 ILCS 125 · 15 active provisions
105 ILCS 125/0.05
State policy and legislative intent
State policy and legislative intent. The General Assembly recognizes that hunger and food security are serious problems in the State of Illinois with as many as one million citizens being affected. These citizens have lost their sense of food security. It is estimated that just under 600,000 Illinois children experienc…
105 ILCS 125/1
Definitions
Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: "School board" means school principal, directors, board of education and board of school inspectors of public and private schools. "Welfare center" means an institution not otherwise receiving funds from any governmental agency, serving breakfasts or lunches to children of sch…
105 ILCS 125/2
Reimbursement of sponsors
Reimbursement of sponsors. The State Board of Education is authorized to reimburse school boards and welfare centers that operate free breakfast programs, school breakfast programs, free lunch programs, or school lunch programs for a portion of the costs of food served in balanced, nutritious breakfasts or lunches and…
105 ILCS 125/2.3
Healthy School Meals for All Program
Healthy School Meals for All Program. (a) In this Section: "Community Eligibility Provision" means the federal program created in 42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F) that allows school districts to choose to receive federal special assistance payments for school meals in exchange for providing free school meals to all students en…
105 ILCS 125/2.5
Breakfast incentive program
Breakfast incentive program. The State Board of Education shall fund a breakfast incentive program comprised of the components described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this Section, provided that a separate appropriation is made for the purposes of this Section. The State Board of Education may allocate the appropr…
105 ILCS 125/3
Agreements with sponsors; standardized breakfasts and lunches
Agreements with sponsors; standardized breakfasts and lunches. The State Board of Education is authorized to enter into agreements with the sponsors of free breakfast programs, school breakfast programs, free lunch programs, and school lunch programs and shall prepare a standardized, general list of type breakfasts and…
105 ILCS 125/4
Accounts; copies of menus served; free lunch program required; report
Accounts; copies of menus served; free lunch program required; report. School boards and welfare centers shall keep an accurate, detailed and separate account of all moneys expended for school breakfast programs, school lunch programs, free breakfast programs, free lunch programs, and summer food service programs, and…
105 ILCS 125/5
Application for participation in programs
Application for participation in programs. Applications for participation in the school breakfast program, the school lunch program, the free breakfast program, the free lunch program, and the summer food service program shall be made on forms provided by the State Board of Education and filed with the State Board. (So…
105 ILCS 125/5.5
Plant-based school lunch option
Plant-based school lunch option. As a part of the school lunch program, a school district shall provide a plant-based school lunch option that complies with federal nutritional mandates to those students who submit a prior request to the school district requesting a plant-based school lunch option. (Source: P.A. 102-76…
105 ILCS 125/6
Disapproval or reduction of reimbursement
Disapproval or reduction of reimbursement. The State Board of Education may disapprove any reimbursement if it is found that balanced, nutritious meals are not served in accordance with the prescribed standards. The State Board of Education may reduce or disapprove the amount of reimbursement if it is found that the to…
105 ILCS 125/7
Disbursement of funds
Disbursement of funds. The funds appropriated shall be paid to school boards and welfare centers in accordance with the reimbursement rates established in Section 2. If the total amount of the claims for reimbursement for any school year exceeds the amount appropriated for that year, the money shall be apportioned to e…
105 ILCS 125/8
Filing and forwarding claims for reimbursement
Filing and forwarding claims for reimbursement. School boards and welfare centers shall file claims for reimbursement, on forms provided by the State Board of Education, on a monthly basis as prescribed by the State Board of Education. (Source: P.A. 91-764, eff. 6-9-00; 91-843, eff. 6-22-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
105 ILCS 125/9
Certification and payment of claims
Certification and payment of claims. The State Board of Education shall prepare and certify to the State Comptroller at least quarterly the amount due each board and welfare center, whereupon the Comptroller shall draw his warrants on the State Treasurer for the amounts certified for the various school boards and welfa…
105 ILCS 125/10
Sharing information on school lunch applicants
Sharing information on school lunch applicants. Each private school that receives funds for free or reduced-price lunches under this Act shall, whenever requested by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Public Aid), agree in writing with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (as the Sta…