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Senate Bill S1762

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to school meal charge policies

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2019-S1762 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S6036

2019-S1762 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all elementary and secondary schools and boards of cooperative educational services to establish school meal charge policies in order to ensure a consistent and transparent approach is applied in instances of unpaid meal charges and the collection of delinquent debt.

2019-S1762 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1762 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1762
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  school  meal  charge
   policies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  PROMULGATE  RULES
 AND  REGULATIONS  REQUIRING  ALL  ELEMENTARY  AND  SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND
 BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  TO  ESTABLISH  SCHOOL  MEAL
 CHARGE POLICIES IN ORDER TO ENSURE A CONSISTENT AND TRANSPARENT APPROACH
 IS  APPLIED  IN  INSTANCES  OF UNPAID MEAL CHARGES AND THE COLLECTION OF
 DELINQUENT DEBT.  SUCH POLICIES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
 INFORMATION  FOR  PARENTS  OR  PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION AND RELEVANT
 SCHOOL STAFF ON AVAILABLE MEAL OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS  WHO  HAVE  INSUFFI-
 CIENT  FUNDS  TO PURCHASE A MEAL AT TIME OF SERVICE, HOW DELINQUENT MEAL
 CHARGE DEBT IS COLLECTED, AND AVAILABLE PAYMENT OPTIONS. WHEN DEVELOPING
 MEAL CHARGE POLICIES, SCHOOLS  AND  BOARDS  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES  SHALL  ENSURE THAT SUCH POLICIES DO NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT
 ON CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS, AND THAT  THE  IDENTIFICA-
 TION  OF  STUDENTS  WITH  INSUFFICIENT  FUNDS TO PAY FOR SCHOOL MEALS IS
 MINIMAL. SUCH POLICIES SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF ALTERNATE MEALS  AS  AN
 OPTION  WHEN  STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PAY FOR A MEAL AT
 TIME OF SERVICE. SUCH POLICIES  MUST  BE  PROVIDED  IN  WRITING  TO  ALL
 STUDENTS  AT  THE START OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR, TO STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER TO
 THE SCHOOL DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE  SCHOOL
 OR  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL
 YEAR. SUCH POLICIES SHALL  ALSO  BE  POSTED  ON  THE  SCHOOL'S  INTERNET
 WEBSITE, IF ONE EXISTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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