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NJ S1755
Bill
Status
1/9/2024
Primary Sponsor
Paul Moriarty
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AI Summary
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School districts must exhaust all options to directly certify students for free or reduced price meals before notifying parents of meal bill arrearages, and must provide meal program applications with any arrearage notices
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Students with unpaid meal bills cannot be shamed, treated differently, forced to go to the end of food lines, or served different meals than other students
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School districts are prohibited from taking any collection actions directed at students for unpaid meal fees and cannot threaten child protective services reports solely over meal debt
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Districts must provide parents 10 school days to pay arrearages after initial notice, followed by a second notice with one additional week before potentially denying meals
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The bill clarifies that districts are not required to deny meals to students with arrearages, only to follow proper notification procedures if they choose to do so
Legislative Description
Requires school districts take certain actions to increase participation in free or reduced priced meal programs; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.
Education
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
1/9/2024