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Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR FREE MEALS FOR STUDENTS OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM PARTICULARLY SCHOOLCHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, FOLLOWING THE K-12 POLICY, PROVIDING FRAMEWORK FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
NATIONAL SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM ACT OF 2016
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Date filed
June 30, 2016
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3
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Committee Report No.
21
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR FREE MEALS FOR STUDENTS OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM PARTICULARLY SCHOOLCHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, FOLLOWING THE K-12 POLICY, PROVIDING FRAMEWORK FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2016 ] 6/30/2016 Introduced by Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 8/1/2016 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE; HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY; and FINANCE; 10/11/2016 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; 11/16/2016 Conducted TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP; 12/12/2016 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, YOUTH, WAYS AND MEANS, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY and FINANCE per Committee Report No. 21, recommending that it be substituted by SBN-1279; 12/13/2016 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 12/13/2016 SUBSTITUTED BY SBN-1279 UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 21 WHICH BECAME R.A.NO. 11037 ON JUNE 20, 2018. (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)