(a) Purpose.-- The purpose of allowing for alternative service models for school breakfast is:

• (1) To increase the total number of public school, excluding charter school, students eating breakfast on school days;

• (2) To help improve the academic performance of these students; and

• (3) To improve the overall health of these students in the State.

(b) Definitions.-- For the purposes of this section:

• (1) "Alternative service model" means breakfast meal service that may include 1 or more of the following:

  • a. Breakfast in the Classroom.

  • b. Grab-and-Go Breakfast.

  • c. Second-Chance Breakfast.

• (2) "Breakfast in the Classroom" means that breakfast meals are eaten in the classroom at the start of the school day. A breakfast meal can either be delivered to the classroom or be served from the cafeteria or a cart or kiosk placed within the school, the cafeteria, or another location deemed appropriate by the school.

• (3) "Community eligibility provision" means a provision from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 [P.L. 111-296] that allows schools and local education agencies with high poverty rates to provide a breakfast and lunch to all students at no cost.

• (4) "Department" means the State of Delaware Department of Education.

• (5) "Free claiming percentage rate", for the purposes of this program, means the identified student percentage of a school multiplied by a factor of 1.6.

• (6) "Grab-and-Go Breakfast" means that students are able to access a breakfast meal from a cart or kiosk placed within the school, the cafeteria or another location deemed appropriate by the school.

• (7) "Identified student percentage" means the number of students in a school directly certified for free meals (any student in a household receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) plus any student identified as homeless, foster, migrant or runaway) between the period of July 1 through April 1 annually.

(c)The Program. Beginning in school year 2017-2018, every public school site, including charter school sites, participating in the community eligibility provision, shall be required to offer a breakfast at no cost to every student in the school through an alternative service model, which may be in addition to their traditional breakfast meal service.