2017 Maryland Code
Education
Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education
Title 7 - Public Schools
Subtitle 7 - Breakfast Program
§ 7-704. Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program

Universal Citation: MD Educ Code § 7-704 (2017)
  • (a) "Program" defined. -- In this section, "Program" means the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program.
  • (b) Established. --
    • (1) There is a school breakfast program in the State, known as the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program.
    • (2) The Program is a joint effort of the Department and the county boards or sponsoring agencies for eligible nonpublic schools.
  • (c) Purpose. --
    • (1) The purpose of the Program is to provide funding for a school that makes an in-classroom breakfast available to all students in the school.
    • (2) The funding is intended to complement the funding received by a school from the federal government for a school breakfast program.
  • (d) Application; participation. -- The Department shall:
    • (1) Develop an application form for a school that desires to participate in the Program;
    • (2) Ensure that the schools that participate in the Program represent geographic and socioeconomic balance statewide;
    • (3) Ensure that a school that participates in the Program is a school at which at least 40% of the registered students are eligible for the federal free or reduced price meal program;
    • (4) Select schools to participate in the Program, ensuring that an annual evaluation of the Program is conducted by the Department;
    • (5) Annually review and set the meal reimbursement rate for schools that participate in the Program to complement the federal meal reimbursement rate determined under ยง 7-703 of this subtitle; and
    • (6) Disburse the Program funds to the county board or the sponsoring agency.
  • (e) Sponsoring agency. -- A county board or a sponsoring agency for an eligible nonpublic school shall:
    • (1) Apply to the Department for funds for schools within the jurisdiction of the board or for schools that are under the sponsoring agency that:
      • (i) Are eligible to participate in the Program; and
      • (ii) Apply to the board or to the sponsoring agency to participate in the Program; and
    • (2) Submit an annual report to the Department on the Program, including the manner in which the funds have been expended.
  • (f) Rules for serving student participants. -- A school that participates in the Program shall:
    • (1) Implement an in-classroom breakfast program in which all students in the school may participate regardless of family income;
    • (2) Serve a breakfast that meets the guidelines of the Department and the nutritional standards of the United States Department of Agriculture for schools that participate in the federal school breakfast program;
    • (3) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, serve the breakfast in the classroom after the arrival of students to the school;
    • (4) Collect the data that the county board or the sponsoring agency and the Department require from participants in the Program; and
    • (5) Submit an annual report to the county board or the sponsoring agency.
  • (g) Service in any part of school, including use of carts. -- Secondary schools may serve breakfast in any part of the school, including from "Grab and Go" carts after the arrival of students to the school.
  • (h) Negotiating terms of participation. -- The employee organization that is the exclusive representative of the certificated public school employees of a county board and the employee organization that is the exclusive representative of the noncertificated employees of a county board and the county board shall negotiate the terms of the participation of the employees in the Program.
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