(a) The department shall, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, develop guidance for local educational agencies participating in the federal School Breakfast Program that maintain kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 6, inclusive, on how to serve eligible nonschoolaged children breakfast or a morning snack at a local educational agency schoolsite.
(b) The guidance shall highlight opportunities to maximize federal reimbursement through the federal School Breakfast Program and the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program.
(c) A guardian of an eligible nonschoolaged child shall be present at the local educational agency schoolsite in order for the nonschoolaged child to receive breakfast or a morning snack at the schoolsite pursuant to this section.
(d) The department shall, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, develop the guidance in a manner that does not jeopardize federal funding for school meal programs and that maximizes federal meal reimbursement.
(e) The department shall post the guidance on its internet website by July 1, 2023. The department is not required to mail the guidance to local educational agencies.
(f) This section does not require a local educational agency to take any action.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 905, Sec. 3. (AB 558) Effective January 1, 2023.)