148th
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FISCAL
NOTE
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sponsor: Representative
Osienski DESCRIPTION: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO
SCHOOL BREAKFAST.
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ASSUMPTIONS:
1.
This
Act is effective upon signature of the Governor.
2. This fiscal note assumes House
Amendment 2 is attached to House Bill 408 as the amendment is considered a
friendly amendment by the legislation’s sponsor. Without House Amendment 2, the
ongoing fiscal impact of the legislation is $0 in Fiscal Year 2017, $74,638 in
Fiscal Year 2018 and $74,618 in Fiscal Year 2019. The start-up costs to
implement the alternative service model would remain as indeterminable.
3. This Act, as amended by House
Amendment 2, requires every public school site, including charter schools,
participating in the Community Eligibility Provision to offer a breakfast at no
cost to every student in the school through an Alternative Service Model, which
may be in addition to their traditional breakfast meal service. The Alternative
Service Model would not begin until school year 2017-2018.
4. There are a total of 91 public
schools and 8 charter schools participating in the Community Eligibility
Provision that are affected by this Act. All of these schools are currently not
charging for school breakfast and thus there is no ongoing fiscal impact
associated with this Act, as amended by House Amendment 2.
5. Of the 91 public schools in the
Community Eligibility Provision, 64 are currently using an Alternative Service
Model as required by this Act. The 27 schools that would be required to
implement an Alternative Service Model are located in the following school
districts:
Brandywine School District: 3
Cape Henlopen School District: 2
Capital School District: 4
Lake Forest School District: 6
Laurel School District: 3
Smyrna School District: 3
Woodbridge School District: 6
6. Of the 8 charter schools in the
Community Eligibility Provision, 5 are currently using an Alternative Service
Model as required by this Act. The 3 charter schools that would be required to
implement an Alternative Service Model are as follows: Academy of Dover, East
Side Charter School and Thomas Edison Charter School.
7. Start-up costs associated with
implementing an alternative service delivery model in the 27 public schools and
3 charter schools currently not using an alternative service model is
indeterminable as the costs will depend upon the action of each individual
school.
Local
Cost: Annual Start-Up
Fiscal Year 2017: $0 Indeterminable
Fiscal Year 2018:
$0 Indeterminable
Fiscal Year 2019:
$0 $0
Office of
Controller General
(Amounts are shown in whole dollars)
June 08,
2016
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