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Committee backs bill codifying community eligibility provisions, banning student penalties for meal debt
Summary
Senate bill to codify school lunch proviso and bar public identification or other penalties for students with unpaid meal debt passed the panel; amendment links requirements to federal CEP participation so rules would be suspended if CEP is suspended.
The Senate Education Committee voted to give a favorable report to a bill that would codify longstanding proviso language intended to expand access to free school breakfast and lunch and to prohibit punitive measures against students with unpaid meal accounts.
The bill would require districts that qualify for the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to adopt a resolution stating how they…
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