CA AB453

Requires California State University trustees to designate campuses as "hunger free" if they meet specified criteria; encourages University of California Regents to do the same.

"Hunger free campus" designation requires: (1) a designated employee to help students enroll in CalFresh, (2) an on-campus food pantry or regular food distributions (may partner with local food banks), and (3) for CSU/UC, a meal sharing program allowing students to donate unused meal plan credits to students in need.

Meal sharing programs must publicly disclose how students can donate credits, how low-income students can apply to receive credits, methodology for distributing unused credits, and contact information for the designated campus employee.

Community college districts that participate must designate participating campuses as "hunger free" if they have a CalFresh enrollment assistance employee and an on-campus food pantry or regular food distributions.

Campuses receiving "hunger free" designation shall receive a funding incentive upon legislative appropriation, commencing with the 2018-19 academic year; bill repeals January 1, 2022.