AR HB1356

Creates the "Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act" requiring public K-12 schools participating in the USDA National School Lunch Program to provide meals or snacks to all students requesting them.

Prohibits schools from providing different meals to students unable to pay or preventing them from accessing meal services.

Allows schools to contact parents or guardians to collect payment when a student owes money exceeding the cost of five lunches or another amount determined by the school district, and to request applications for federal or state child nutrition programs.

Prohibits schools from stigmatizing students unable to pay or owing money through practices such as requiring wristbands, hand stamps, separate seating, public identification, or disposal of meals after being served.

Directs the Department of Education Child Nutrition Unit to review school food service practices and provide model policies addressing meal provision for vulnerable populations, nutritional quality, parent communication, and cost recovery methods.