Colorado § 22-54-123 - Richard B. Russell national school lunch act - appropriation of state matching funds - definition.

§ 22-54-123. Richard B. Russell national school lunch act - appropriation of state matching funds - definition.

(1) The general assembly may appropriate by separate line item an amount to comply with the requirements for state matching funds under the federal "Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 1751 et seq. The department of education shall develop procedures to allocate and disburse the funds among participating school food authorities each year in an equitable manner so as to comply with the requirements of said act.

(1.5) Pursuant to section 22-82.9-211 (3)(a)(IX), subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the department of education may expend an amount from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund to comply with the requirements for state matching funds under the federal "Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 1751 et seq.

(2) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "school food authority" means:

(a) A school district or the state charter school institute;

(a.2) The Colorado school for the deaf and the blind authorized pursuant to section 22-80-102;

(a.3) A charter school collaborative formed pursuant to section 22-30.5-603;

(a.4) An approved facility school or facility, as defined in section 22-2-402;

(a.5) A board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title that elects to operate as a school food authority pursuant to section 22-5-120; or

(b) A district charter school or an institute charter school that:

(I) The commissioner of education or his or her designee provisionally authorizes as a school food authority pursuant to section 22-32-120 (6); or

(II) The department of education authorizes as a school food authority pursuant to section 22-32-120 (5).

Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 365, § 35, effective April 16. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1643, § 50, effective July 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-230), ch. 227, p. 1035, § 7, effective May 4. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1013), ch. 399, p. 1905, § 15, effective June 10; (2)(a) amended and (2)(a.5) added, (HB 10-1335), ch. 326, p. 1513, § 6, effective August 11; (2)(b)(I) amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2078, § 46, effective August 11. L. 2011: (2)(a.3) added, (HB 11-1277), ch. 306, p. 1505, § 37, effective August 10. L. 2024: (2)(a.2) and (2)(a.4) added, (HB 24-1206), ch. 18, p. 46, § 3, effective March 12. L. 2026: (1) amended and (1.5) added, (HB 26-1350), ch. 166, p. 993, § 3, effective May 27.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 26-1350, see section 1 of chapter 166, Session Laws of Colorado 2026.