CA AB1781

Requires school districts and county superintendents to ensure children eligible for free or reduced-price meals can receive meals at any serving line operated or managed by the school food services program during meal times

Amends Education Code Section 49557 to add a new requirement that prevents stigmatization by ensuring meal access is not limited to separate serving lines or specific points of sale

Establishes that schools must make free or reduced-price meal applications available to students at all times during each regular schoolday in at least 8-point boldface type

Mandates state reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for any costs determined by the Commission on State Mandates to result from this bill

Identifies obesity in California as affecting one in nine children and one in three teens, citing $41 billion in annual medical and productivity costs as justification for the policy