| Summary |
The bill refers 2 ballot issues to the voters at the November 2025
statewide election concerning funding for the healthy school meals for all
program.
Section 2 of the bill refers a ballot issue to the voters at the
November 2025 statewide election to allow the state to retain and spend
state revenue that would otherwise need to be refunded for exceeding the
estimate in the ballot information booklet analysis for Proposition FF and
to allow the state to maintain the increases in state taxable income
established in Proposition FF that would otherwise need to be decreased.
If voters reject the ballot issue, the state will both:
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Refund $26,265,621 to individuals who have a federal
taxable income of $300,000 or more and claimed itemized
or standard state income tax deductions greater than
$12,000 for single tax return filers and $16,000 for joint tax
return filers; and
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Adjust the limit on itemized deductions established in
Proposition FF to a level that would have reduced the
amount of income tax revenue attributable to these
itemized deductions by $26,265,621.
If voters approve the ballot measure:
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The state will not refund $26,265,621 to individuals who
have a federal taxable income of $300,000 or more and
claimed itemized or standard state income tax deductions
greater than $12,000 for single tax return filers and $16,000
for joint tax return filers; and
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The increases in federal taxable income as a result of
Proposition FF will stay at the levels established by
Proposition FF.
Section 3 refers a ballot issue to the voters at the November 2025
statewide election to allow the state to increase taxes by $95 million
annually by increasing state taxable income to support the healthy school
meals for all program. If voters approve the ballot issue:
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Income tax deductions for individuals who have a federal
taxable income of $300,000 or more will be reduced from
current levels to $1,000 for single filers and $2,000 for
joint filers; and
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The state will allocate the additional revenue generated by
the reduction in income tax deductions to the healthy
school meals for all program.
If voters reject the ballot issue, income tax deductions will not be
reduced.
In addition to the income tax changes and potential refunds that
may result from voters approving or rejecting the ballot issues described
in sections 2 and 3, the bill also changes the healthy school meals for all
program cash fund (fund) and healthy school meals for all programs. If
voters approve the ballot issue submitted pursuant to section 2 and reject
the ballot issue submitted pursuant to section 3, $1 million is transferred
annually from the fund to local school food purchasing programs. If
voters approve the ballot issue submitted pursuant to section 3, regardless
of whether the voters approve the ballot issue submitted pursuant to
section 2:
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The permissible distribution of local food purchasing
grants is modified;
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Certain school food authorities are allowed to collaborate
to implement advisory committees;
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The duties of an advisory committee are clarified; and
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The distribution of funds from the fund is changed so that
the amounts distributed through local food purchasing
grants for increasing wages or providing stipends for
individuals whom the participating school food authority
employs to directly prepare and serve food for school meals
and through the local school food purchasing technical
assistance and education grant program are modified based
on the amount of money in the fund.
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