HB 697

            
2020 SESSION

20100887D

HOUSE BILL NO. 697


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 6, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact � 22.1-79.7 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to school meal policies.
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Patrons-- Roem, Bagby, Levine, Ayala, Davis, Delaney, Hope, Keam, Kory,
Lopez, Rasoul, Samirah, Subramanyam and Ware


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Referred to Committee on Education

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That � 22.1-79.7 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:
 
 
� 22.1-79.7. School meal policies.
 
 
Each local school board shall adopt policies that:
 
 
1. Prohibit school board employees from requiring a student 
 who cannot pay for a meal at school or who owes a school meal debt to throw away or discard a meal 
 after it has been served to him, do chores or other work to 
 pay for such meals, or 
 wear a wristband or hand stamp; and
 
 
2. Require school board employees to direct any communication 
 relating to a school meal debt to the students parent. Such policy may permit 
 such communication to be made by a letter addressed to the parent to be sent 
 home with the student.