MN HF2724

School lunch providers must adopt and post a written model school meals policy to their website that prohibits lunch shaming or ostracizing students and maintains student dignity.

School meals policies must clearly communicate student meal charges when payment cannot be collected at point of service and address whether collections agencies will be used for unpaid meal debt.

Once a meal is placed on a student's tray or served, it cannot be subsequently withdrawn by school staff regardless of whether the student has an outstanding meals balance.

State must pay school lunch participants 12.5 cents per full-price or free lunch and 52.5 cents per reduced-price lunch served; schools without adopted policies have those payments redirected to an unpaid school lunch account for distribution to schools with lunch debt.

School districts and charter schools must annually affirm and inform parents of their school meals policy, and any third-party meal service contracts entered into or modified after the bill's effective date must ensure vendor compliance with the school's meals policy.