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transportation funding for special passengers. Transportation safety 1 net awards shall only be provided when a school district's allowable 2 transportation expenditures attributable to serving special 3 passengers exceeds the amount allocated under subsection (2)(a) of 4 this section and any excess transportation costs reimbursed by 5 federal, state, tribal, or local child welfare agencies. A 6 transportation safety net award may not exceed a school district's 7 excess expenditures directly attributable to serving special 8 passengers in the pupil transportation program. 9 (b) To be eligible for additional transportation safety net award 10 funding, the school district must report, in accordance with 11 statewide accounting guidance, the amount of the excess costs and the 12 specific activities or services provided to special passengers that 13 created the excess costs. The office of the superintendent of public 14 instruction must request from school districts an application for 15 transportation safety net funding. The office must submit to the 16 office of financial management, and to the education and fiscal 17 committees of the legislature, the total demonstrated need and awards 18 by school district. 19 (c) Transportation safety net awards allocated under this 20 subsection are not part of the state's program of basic education. 21 NEW SECTION. Sec. 508. FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC 22 INSTRUCTION—SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES 23 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $33,334,000 24 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . . . $79,857,000 25 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . $573,104,000 26 TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $686,295,000 27 The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 28 conditions and limitations: 29 (1) $11,548,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 30 fiscal year 2024 and $11,548,000 of the general fund—state 31 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for state 32 matching money for federal child nutrition programs, and may support 33 the meals for kids program through the following allowable uses: 34 (a) Elimination of breakfast copays for eligible public school 35 students and lunch copays for eligible public school students in 36 grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades who are eligible for 37 p. 496 ESSB 5187.SL