Senate
File
475
H-1390
Amend
Senate
File
475,
as
amended,
passed,
and
reprinted
by
1
the
Senate,
as
follows:
2
1.
Page
13,
after
line
16
by
inserting:
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DIVISION
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4
SCHOOL
MEALS
——
PROHIBITIONS
AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
5
Sec.
___.
NEW
SECTION
.
283A.11
Participation
by
students
——
6
school
prohibitions
and
responsibilities.
7
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
unless
the
context
8
otherwise
requires,
“school”
includes
a
school
district,
a
9
school
district
attendance
center,
or
an
accredited
nonpublic
10
school.
11
2.
a.
A
school
shall
serve
nutritious
meals
to
students
12
without
discriminating
based
on
ability
to
pay
for
a
meal
and
13
shall
not
require
a
student
to
throw
a
meal
away
after
the
meal
14
has
been
served
for
any
of
the
following
reasons:
15
(1)
The
student
is
unable
to
pay
for
the
meal.
16
(2)
The
student,
or
the
student’s
family,
owes
money
for
17
meals
previously
provided
to
the
student.
18
b.
If
a
student
owes
money
for
five
or
more
meals,
a
school
19
shall
do
all
of
the
following:
20
(1)
Require
a
principal,
assistant
principal,
or
designated
21
meal
program
staff
person
to
contact
the
parent
or
guardian
to
22
offer
assistance
with
an
application
for
free
or
reduced-fee
23
meals
pursuant
to
the
federal
Richard
B.
Russell
National
24
School
Lunch
Act
of
1966,
42
U.S.C.
§1751
et
seq.,
and
the
25
federal
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
42
U.S.C.
§1771
et
seq.;
26
and
then
determine,
if
appropriate,
if
other
issues
within
the
27
household
have
caused
the
student
to
have
insufficient
funds
28
to
purchase
a
school
meal;
and
offer
any
other
assistance
that
29
is
appropriate.
30
(2)
Check
the
state
list
of
students
categorically
eligible
31
for
free
meals
to
determine
if
the
student
is
categorically
32
eligible.
33
(3)
Make
at
least
two
attempts
to
reach
the
student’s
parent
34
or
guardian
to
discuss
filling
out
an
application
for
free
or
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reduced-fee
meals
pursuant
to
the
federal
Richard
B.
Russell
1
National
School
Lunch
Act
of
1966,
42
U.S.C.
§1751
et
seq.,
2
and
the
federal
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
42
U.S.C.
§1771
3
et
seq.
4
3.
a.
A
school
is
prohibited
from
engaging
in
any
of
the
5
following
acts:
6
(1)
Publicly
identifying
or
stigmatizing
a
student
who
7
cannot
pay
for
a
meal
or
who
owes
a
meal
debt,
including
but
not
8
limited
to
requiring
such
a
student
to
consume
the
meal
at
a
9
table
set
aside
for
such
purpose.
10
(2)
Requiring
a
student
who
cannot
pay
for
a
meal
or
who
11
owes
a
meal
debt
to
do
chores
or
other
work
to
pay
for
meals,
12
unless
chores
or
work
is
required
of
all
students
regardless
13
of
a
meal
debt.
However,
a
student
may
volunteer
to
perform
14
chores
at
the
school.
15
b.
A
school
shall
direct
communications
about
a
student’s
16
meal
debt
to
a
parent
or
guardian
and
not
to
the
student.
17
Nothing
in
this
paragraph
prohibits
a
school
from
sending
a
18
letter
home
with
a
student
addressed
to
a
parent
or
guardian.
>
19
2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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