New Jersey § 18a:33-24

§ 18a:33-24.

a. Every school district in which 50 percent or more of the students enrolled in the

school district on or before the last school day before October 16 of the preceding

school year were federally eligible for free or reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program 1 or the federal School Breakfast Program, 2 shall: (1) become a sponsor or site under the federal Summer Food Service Program; 3 or (2) apply for a waiver pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2018, c. 28 ( C.18A:33-26 ) . b. No later than one year after the date of enactment of P.L.2018, c. 28 ( C.18A:33-24 et seq. ) , 4 a school district that is required to become a sponsor or site under the Summer Food Service Program , pursuant to subsection a. of this section , shall submit, to the Department of Agriculture, either an application to become a sponsor of the federal Summer Food Service Program or

documentation showing that the school district will become a site under an existing and approved sponsor. c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2022, c. 104 ) d. A school district that is subject to the requirements of this section shall become

a sponsor of the federal Summer Food Service Program or a site under an existing and

approved sponsor, no later than two years following the date of enactment of this

section. 1

42 U.S.C.A. § 1751 et seq. 2

42 U.S.C.A. § 1773. 3

42 U.S.C.A. § 1761. 4

L.2018, c. 28, approved May 30, 2018, eff. July 1, 2018.