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1 | | earlier meals or snacks. The school may not provide a student |
2 | | requesting a meal or snack under this subsection (a) an |
3 | | alternate meal or snack that is different from the other meals |
4 | | or snacks provided to students in that school and may not |
5 | | prohibit or prevent a student from accessing the school's meal |
6 | | or snack services. |
7 | | (b) If a student owes money for meals or snacks that is in |
8 | | excess of the equivalent of the amount charged a student for 5 |
9 | | lunches, or a lower amount as determined by the student's |
10 | | school district or private school, a school may reach out to |
11 | | the parent or guardian of the student to attempt collection of |
12 | | the owed money and to request that the parent or guardian apply |
13 | | for meal benefits in a federal or State child nutrition |
14 | | program. If the amount owed by a student for meals or snacks is |
15 | | owed and payable to a school district in an amount that is no |
16 | | less than $500 and the school district has made reasonable |
17 | | efforts to collect the debt from the student's parent or |
18 | | guardian for at least one year, the school district may seek a |
19 | | setoff under the State Comptroller Act. |
20 | | Section 15. Anti-stigmatization practices. A school may |
21 | | not publicly identify or stigmatize a student who cannot pay |
22 | | for a meal or snack or who owes money for a meal or snack in a |
23 | | manner that includes, but is not limited to: |
24 | | (1) requiring the student to wear a wristband; |
25 | | (2) giving the student a hand stamp; |