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Committee advances bill requiring schools to offer no-fee payment option for lunches and disclose processing fees
Summary
The Assembly Education Committee voted to release A5263 (and companion S39611), which requires boards of education to offer a no-fee option for school lunch and payment platforms to disclose user fees. Amendments clarified applicability to charter and Renaissance schools and timing of implementation.
The Assembly Education Committee voted to amend and release Assembly Bill A5263 and its companion Senate bill S39611, which would require boards of education to offer a no-fee payment option to parents making school lunch and other school-related payments and require payment platforms used by schools to disclose fees to users.
Committee amendments clarified that the bill’s provisions apply to Renaissance school projects, charter schools and school districts and that nonpublic schools participating in federally…
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