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VA HB701

VA HB701
School boards; school meal policies, parental notification and opt-out.


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Introduced
01/06/2020
In Committee
01/06/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/12/2020

Introduced Session

2020 Regular Session

Bill Summary

School boards; school meal policies; parental notification and opt-out. Requires each school board to adopt policies that (i) require each elementary and secondary school in the school division to send to the parents of each student by the end of the first week of the school year notice of the consequences of school meal debt and the school board policy and procedure relating to such debt, including any requirement that such student be served an alternative meal or be required to dispose of meals served to him while such debt remains unpaid; (ii) require any elementary or secondary school in the school division to resend such notice to the parents of any student who accrues a school meal debt before the consequences of such debt go into effect; and (iii) require the parents of any student who do not want their child to be served a school meal to submit a written request to the student's school.

AI Summary

This bill requires each school board to adopt policies that (1) prohibit school employees from requiring students who cannot pay for a meal or owe a meal debt to do chores or wear a wristband/stamp, (2) require communication about meal debt to be directed to the student's parents, (3) require schools to notify parents at the start of the school year about the consequences of meal debt and the school's policies, (4) require schools to resend this notice to parents before the consequences of debt take effect, and (5) require parents to submit a written request if they do not want their child to be served a school meal.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Left in Education (on 02/11/2020)

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