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HI SB2426
Bill
Status
3/8/2016
Primary Sponsor
Gil Keith-agaran
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AI Summary
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Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 302A-404 to prohibit denying students meals based solely on failure to pay.
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Students cannot be denied meals during the first 30 days of the first semester while their application for free or reduced lunch is being processed.
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Students cannot be denied meals for one week following when their meal fund account reaches zero or negative balance.
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Authorizes the Department of Education to adopt rules and policies for collecting funds from negative student meal account balances, provided no policy prohibits feeding students as required by the bill.
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Effective date: July 1, 2050.
Legislative Description
Department of Education; Meals; Students
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kawakami, Kong, Oshiro, Tokioka, Tupola, Woodson excused (6).
3/24/2016