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Committee advances bill to keep school meals for students with IEPs who age out of federal benefits
Summary
HB1574 would ensure students with individualized education programs who remain enrolled past age 21 keep access to school meals; sponsor and advocates described a small fiscal impact (~$60,000) and clarified eligibility rules tied to prior federal eligibility at age 20.
The Senate Education Committee recommended House Bill 1574 ought to pass and placed it on consent after testimony from sponsors and advocates describing the bill as a targeted fix.
Representative Tony Weinstein, the bill’s introducer, said HB1574 addresses an ‘‘oversight’’ that leaves students who remain in transitional high-school programs without federally…
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