assembly Bill A6527A

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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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S5151 - Signed by Governor


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  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 29, 2021 signed chap.315
Jul 21, 2021 delivered to governor
Jun 09, 2021 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.215
substituted for a6527a
Jun 09, 2021 substituted by s5151a
Jun 01, 2021 ordered to third reading rules cal.215
rules report cal.215
reported
May 24, 2021 reported referred to rules
May 12, 2021 print number 6527a
May 12, 2021 amend and recommit to education
Mar 19, 2021 referred to education

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A6527 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5151
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §908, Ed L

A6527 - Summary

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

A6527 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6527
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred 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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A6527A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5151
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §908, Ed L

A6527A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

A6527A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6527--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KELLES,  DINOWITZ,  CRUZ,  SEPTIMO,  LAVINE,
   SEAWRIGHT, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, MITAYNES, SILLITTI, JACKSON  --  read  once
   and  referred  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.
                                                            LBD09900-04-1