191.805. Hardship grant program, distribution of, rules.
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191.805. Hardship grant program, distribution of, rules. — 1. Subject to appropriations, the state board of education shall establish a hardship grant program. Hardship grants shall be distributed to provide state supplemental funding of the federal school breakfast program. Hardship grants shall be awarded to schools based on the highest need factor. The department of elementary and secondary education shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of a formula to determine need factor, and such rules and regulations shall be consistent with federal guidelines for the school breakfast program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1773.
2. Any school that participates, or is eligible to participate, in the federal school breakfast program may apply for a hardship grant. The combined amount received by a school from the federal school breakfast program and the hardship grant shall not exceed the cost of the actual operation of the school breakfast program.
3. No money from the public school fund shall be used to provide hardship grants.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 449 § 3)