Senate Bill S5151

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits schools or school districts from filing a lawsuit against a student's parent or guardian for unpaid meal fees

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S5151 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6527
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §908, Ed L

2021-S5151 - Summary

Prohibits schools or school districts from filing a lawsuit against a student's parent or guardian for unpaid meal fees.

2021-S5151 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5151 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5151
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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 prohibiting schools or
   school districts from filing a lawsuit against a student's  parent  or
   guardian for unpaid meal fees

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 908 of the education law, as added by section 1 of
 part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 908. Prohibition against meal shaming. All public school  districts,
 charter  schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in
 the national school lunch program or school breakfast program  in  which
 there  is  a  school  at  which all pupils are not eligible to be served
 breakfast  and  lunch  under  the  community  eligibility  provision  or
 provision  two  of the federal national school lunch act, 42 U.S.C. Sec.
 1751 et seq., shall develop a plan to ensure that a pupil  whose  parent
 or guardian has unpaid school meal fees is not shamed or treated differ-
 ently  than a pupil whose parent or guardian does not have unpaid school
 meal fees. The plan shall be  submitted  to  the  commissioner  by  July
 first,  two  thousand eighteen, or sixty days from the effective date of
 this section after enactment in  conformance  with  regulations  of  the
 commissioner.  FOLLOWING  SUCH  INITIAL  SUBMISSION,  SUCH PLAN SHALL BE
 RE-SUBMITTED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF  ANY  SUBSE-
 QUENT  AMENDMENT  TO  THIS  SECTION.  After submission of such plan, the
 school or school district shall adopt and post the plan on its  website.
 The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements:
   a.  A  statement  that the school or school district shall provide the
 student with the student's meal of choice for that  school  day  of  the
 available  reimbursable meal choices for such school day, if the student
 requests one, unless the student's parent or guardian  has  specifically
 provided  written  permission to the school to withhold a meal, provided
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-S5151A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6527
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §908, Ed L

2021-S5151A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits schools or school districts from filing a lawsuit against a student's parent or guardian for unpaid meal fees.

2021-S5151A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5151A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5151--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting schools or
   school  districts  from filing a lawsuit against a student's parent or
   guardian for unpaid meal fees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph iv of subdivision e of section 908 of the educa-
 tion  law,  as added by section 1 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   iv. take any action directed at a pupil to collect unpaid school  meal
 fees.  A  school or school district may attempt to collect unpaid school
 meal fees from a STUDENT'S parent or guardian, but shall not use a  debt
 collector,  as  defined  in  section  eight hundred three of the federal
 consumer credit protection act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1692a OR FILE  A  LAWSUIT
 AGAINST SUCH STUDENT'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN; or
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09900-05-1



              

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