No Shame at School: Free Meals and Student Protection
This act aims to ensure that children in schools are not stigmatized or shamed due to unpaid meal fees. It mandates automatic qualification for free meals and prohibits practices that publicly identify students with debt, thereby protecting their dignity and ensuring equal treatment.
Key points
Schools will be required to automatically certify students for free or reduced-price meals to prevent unpaid balances.
Public identification of children with unpaid meal fees, such as through special tokens, announcements, or lists, will be prohibited.
Schools will not be allowed to withhold educational opportunities or affect grades due to meal debt.
Food already served to a child cannot be taken away, even if their family has unpaid meal fees.
Introduced
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