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HB 1477 School boards; establishes several requirements relating to school meals.

Introduced by: Danica A. Roem (by request) | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

School boards; school meals; practices. Establishes several requirements relating to school meals, including requiring each school board to (i) require each public elementary and secondary school in the local school division to participate in the federal National School Lunch Program and the federal School Breakfast Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and to make meals available pursuant to such programs to any student who requests such a meal, regardless of such student's family income or whether such student has the money to pay for the meal or owes money for meals previously provided, unless the student's parent has provided written permission to the school board to withhold such a meal from the student, and (ii) adopt policies prohibiting any school employee from (a) requiring a student to throw away a meal after the meal has been served because the student does not have the money to pay for the meal or owes money for a meal previously provided and (b) requiring a student who does not have the money to pay for a meal or who owes money for a meal previously provided to do chores or other work to pay for the meal.


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