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NC H776
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/18/2023
Primary Sponsor
Cecil Brockman
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AI Summary
- Appropriates $5,000,000 in recurring General Fund dollars to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2023-2024 fiscal year to provide free lunch to students eligible for reduced-price lunch in public schools
- School units receive reimbursement based on monthly claims for the number of reduced-price meals served to students
- Prohibits schools from publicly identifying or stigmatizing students unable to pay for meals, including practices such as requiring wristbands or hand stamps
- Requires schools to direct communications about meal debt to parents or guardians rather than students, though schools may send letters home addressed to parents or guardians
- Becomes effective July 1, 2023, and applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year
Legislative Description
Free Lunch for Some Students/Stop Lunch Shame
Appropriations; Budgeting; Education; Elementary Education; Foods & Beverages; Nutrition; Public; Public Instruction Dept.; Seco
Last Action
Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
4/19/2023
Committee Referrals
Appropriations4/19/2023
Full Bill Text
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