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Panel approves bill to collect statewide school‑meal‑debt data

House of Delegates K–12 Education Subcommittee · January 21, 2026

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Summary

HB 210 would require school divisions to report meal‑debt data to the state to create a statewide picture of unpaid school meal balances; the subcommittee reported the bill unanimously.

Delegate Price, chair of the Commission to End Hunger, presented House Bill 210 to require school divisions to report information about school meal debt to the Department of Education so the Commonwealth has a statewide picture of unpaid balances. Price said some localities have sizable debt and policy changes and fundraising responses would benefit from consistent statewide data.

Supporters including the Virginia Education Association, Voices for Virginia’s Children and the Virginia Poverty Law Center testified in favor. Testimony noted that some districts have partial or no participation in community eligibility and that a statewide data set would help identify where debt remains concentrated.

The committee reported HB 210 10‑0.