A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO EXPAND THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Education the sum of two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000) for the 2003‑2004 fiscal year and the sum of two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year to expand the school breakfast program.  The State Board shall use these funds to provide breakfast without charge to all kindergarten students in the public schools.
SECTION 2.  The State Board of Education shall develop and implement a system to evaluate whether and to what extent the expansion of the school breakfast program affects school attendance rates and the frequency of disciplinary problems.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2003.