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Committee backs voluntary tax-return donation to ease school meal debt
Summary
HB 148 would create an on-return, non-deductible donation option to a school meals debt relief fund managed by the State Board of Education; the measure requires LEAs to report lunch-debt totals and includes an automatic removal mechanism if donations fall below $30,000 over three years. The committee passed the substitute unanimously.
Representative McPherson presented HB 148 to allow individuals and corporations to make voluntary, non-deductible donations on state tax returns to a dedicated school-meals debt relief fund managed by the State Board of Education.
The bill requires local education agencies…
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