HB704Introduced in the House of Delegates
Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program - Establishment
Introduced by Julie Palakovich Carr, District 17
What does this bill do?
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Official description
Establishing the Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program in the State Department of Education to provide funding to eligible schools that participate in the federal community eligibility provision of the child nutrition programs; requiring schools that opt out of the Community Eligibility Provision of the Child Nutrition Program to include certain information in a certain report; and requiring the Governor in fiscal year 2028 and succeeding years to include $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program.
Where it stands
Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing canceled (Ways and Means)
February 11, 2026
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Bill history
First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
Reassigned to Appropriations Ways and Means
Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing canceled (Ways and Means)
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