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reduced-price lunch as required in chapter 74, Laws of 2021 (reduced- 1 price lunch copays); 2 (b) Assistance to school districts and authorized public and 3 private nonprofit organizations for supporting summer food service 4 programs, and initiating new summer food service programs in low- 5 income areas; 6 (c) Reimbursements to school districts for school breakfasts 7 served to students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch, 8 pursuant to chapter 287, Laws of 2005; and 9 (d) Assistance to school districts in initiating and expanding 10 school breakfast programs. 11 (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall 12 report annually to the fiscal committees of the legislature on annual 13 expenditures in subsection (1)(a) through (c) of this section. 14 (3) The superintendent of public instruction shall provide the 15 department of health with the following data, where available, for 16 all nutrition assistance programs that are funded by the United 17 States department of agriculture and administered by the office of 18 the superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent must 19 provide the report for the preceding federal fiscal year by February 20 1, 2024, and February 1, 2025. The report must provide: 21 (a) The number of people in Washington who are eligible for the 22 program; 23 (b) The number of people in Washington who participated in the 24 program; 25 (c) The average annual participation rate in the program; 26 (d) Participation rates by geographic distribution; and 27 (e) The annual federal funding of the program in Washington. 28 (4)(a) $21,167,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 29 fiscal year 2024, $52,167,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 30 for fiscal year 2025, and $28,500,000 of the general fund—federal 31 appropriation (CRRSA) are provided solely for reimbursements to 32 school districts for schools and groups of schools required to 33 participate in the federal community eligibility program under 34 section 1, chapter 7, Laws of 2022 (schools/comm. eligibility) for 35 meals not reimbursed at the federal free meal rate. 36 (b) $119,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 37 year 2024 and $119,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 38 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of chapter 39 p. 497 ESSB 5187.SL