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Supervisors weigh bill that would require school boards to cover unpaid school meal debt
Summary
Staff recommended opposing a bill that would require school divisions to pay unpaid school meal debt unless the state provides funding. Supervisors shared personal concerns about stigma faced by students carrying meal debt.
County staff recommended opposing Senate Bill 1017 at the Jan. 31 legislative committee unless the measure is amended to provide state funding to forgive unpaid school meal debt.
Ariel McElhin, human services legislative liaison, briefed the committee. "SB 10 17 would require school boards to pay for the total unpaid school meal debt balance at the end of each school year," she said, and noted Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) had roughly $1,900,000 in school meal debt on its books.…
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