Md. Code, Education § 7-703
This is the official text of Md. Code, Education § 7-703, part of Maryland’s Code, Education — governs public schools and universities in Maryland.
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§7–703.
Official statutory text
(a) The free breakfast program under this subtitle shall be suspended if the per meal reimbursement that the federal government provides for the breakfast program is:
(1) Reduced below the rate prescribed on July 1, 2013; or
(2) Adjusted by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, as of the most recent July 1 under the national Child Nutrition Act, and the per meal reimbursement is below the adjusted rate.
(b) The State reimbursement to a county board of education or a participating nonpublic school for each meal under subsection (a) of this section shall be determined as follows:
(1) Multiply the number of reduced price eligible breakfasts served statewide times the sum of the federal reimbursement rate for those breakfasts plus the student share of the cost for those breakfasts;
(2) Multiply the number of free breakfasts served statewide times the federal reimbursement rate for those breakfasts; and
(3) Divide the total of items (1) and (2) of this subsection by the total number of free and reduced price eligible breakfasts.
(1) Reduced below the rate prescribed on July 1, 2013; or
(2) Adjusted by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, as of the most recent July 1 under the national Child Nutrition Act, and the per meal reimbursement is below the adjusted rate.
(b) The State reimbursement to a county board of education or a participating nonpublic school for each meal under subsection (a) of this section shall be determined as follows:
(1) Multiply the number of reduced price eligible breakfasts served statewide times the sum of the federal reimbursement rate for those breakfasts plus the student share of the cost for those breakfasts;
(2) Multiply the number of free breakfasts served statewide times the federal reimbursement rate for those breakfasts; and
(3) Divide the total of items (1) and (2) of this subsection by the total number of free and reduced price eligible breakfasts.
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