{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-28a.235.200","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 28A.235.200","heading":"Breakfast after the bell program—Definitions.","body":"The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 28A.235.210 and 28A.235.220 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.\n(1) \"Breakfast after the bell\" means a breakfast that is offered to students after the beginning of the school day. Examples of breakfast after the bell models include, but are not limited to:\n(a) \"Grab and go,\" where easy-to-eat breakfast foods are available for students to take at the start of the school day or in between morning classes;\n(b) \"Second chance breakfast,\" where breakfast foods are available during recess, a nutrition break, or later in the morning, for students who are not hungry first thing in the morning, or who arrive late to school; and\n(c) \"Breakfast in the classroom,\" where breakfast is served in the classroom, often during homeroom or first period.\n(2) \"Eligible for free or reduced-price meals\" means a student who is eligible under the national school lunch program or school breakfast program to receive lunch or breakfast at no cost to the student or at a reduced cost to the student.\n(3) \"High-needs school\" means any public school: (a) That has enrollment of seventy percent or more students eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the prior school year; or (b) that is using provision two of the national school lunch act or the community eligibility provision under section 104(a) of the federal healthy, hunger-free kids act of 2010 to provide universal meals and that has a claiming percentage for free or reduced-price meals of seventy percent or more.\n(4) \"Public school\" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 28A.150.010.\n(5) \"School breakfast program\" means a program meeting federal requirements under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1773.\n(6) \"School lunch program\" means a program meeting federal requirements under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1751.","path":["Title 28A","Chapter 28A.235"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=28A.235.200","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:45:38Z","sha256":"c708faa6e12e9f5ecbaede9fff8d048384d59c8d64e5f6cafc745b237a57d339","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-28a.235.180","next":"us-wa/rcw-28a.235.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}