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FL H1275
Bill
Status
Failed
3/14/2022
Primary Sponsor
Daisy Morales
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AI Summary
- Creates the "Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act" (s. 1002.24, F.S.), requiring public and nonprofit private schools participating in the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program to include free meal applications in enrollment packets and provide applications in a language the parent understands
- Schools must complete and file a meal application on behalf of a student found eligible for free or reduced-price meals if no application has been submitted, and school district homeless liaisons must coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to ensure homeless students receive meals
- Schools must provide a USDA reimbursable meal to any student who requests one regardless of ability to pay or existing meal debt, unless a parent has given written permission to withhold; if a student owes for five or more meals, the school must check categorical eligibility, make at least two attempts to contact the parent, and have a principal, assistant principal, or counselor offer assistance
- Schools are prohibited from requiring students to discard served meals due to inability to pay, publicly identifying or stigmatizing students with meal debt (e.g., wristbands or hand stamps), requiring students to perform chores to pay off meal debt, or charging parents collection agency fees for meal debts
- Effective date is July 1, 2022, with the State Board of Education authorized to adopt rules for administration
Legislative Description
School Meals
Last Action
Died in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
3/14/2022
Committee Referrals
Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee1/12/2022
Full Bill Text
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