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HOUSE BILL NO. 697 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled January 6, 2020 A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-79.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school meal policies. ----------
Patrons-- Roem, Bagby, Levine, Ayala, Davis, Delaney, Hope, Keam, Kory, Lopez, Rasoul, Samirah, Subramanyam and Ware
---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-79.7 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-79.7. School meal policies.

Each local school board shall adopt policies that:

1. Prohibit school board employees from requiring a student who cannot pay for a meal at school or who owes a school meal debt to throw away or discard a meal after it has been served to him, do chores or other work to pay for such meals, or wear a wristband or hand stamp; and

2. Require school board employees to direct any communication relating to a school meal debt to the student's parent. Such policy may permit such communication to be made by a letter addressed to the parent to be sent home with the student.