No. SB 1674
Filed under Education.
K-12 School Lunches and Breakfasts; Requiring K-12 public schools to participate in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program; providing requirements for the provision of school lunches and breakfasts at such schools; authorizing school districts to collect payment for specified meals; prohibiting school districts from using third-party debt collectors, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDEvery public school must now serve free breakfasts to all students, unless a parent explicitly opts out in writing. This removes the previous option for schools to charge for breakfast.
Schools must continue serving lunches to students who cannot pay or owe money for past meals. However, districts are strictly prohibited from hiring third-party debt collectors to recover these unpaid meal debts.
The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will reimburse districts for every free breakfast served, capped at one per student per day. This reimbursement covers the difference between federal and state funding rates.
Districts retain the authority to collect payment for lunches directly, but the new law explicitly forbids outsourcing this collection process to external debt collection agencies.
AIEvery public school must join the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs.
AISchools must serve lunch to all students, even those with unpaid meal balances.
AIBreakfast is free unless a parent submits written notice to withhold it.
AISchools may collect meal debts but are prohibited from using third-party debt collectors.