CalFresh program: School Lunch Program: information.

Existing law requires each school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining any kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide for each needy pupil one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each schoolday. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and the county superintendent of schools to make applications for free or reduced-price meals available to pupils. This bill would authorize a school district or county office of education to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local agency that determines CalFresh program eligibility, or its designee, to share information provided on the School Lunch Program application to determine an applicant's CalFresh program eligibility, as specified. The bill would provide that the School Lunch Program application is confidential and would prohibit the information used in the application from being disclosed to any governmental agency, including the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Social Security Administration, or used for any purpose other than enrollment in the CalFresh program. This bill would also require a county that has entered into a memorandum of understanding to determine CalFresh program eligibility for children from the information provided on a School Lunch Program application shared with the county pursuant to the provisions discussed above, and, if the child is eligible, to enroll the child in the CalFresh program, upon receipt of a signed CalFresh program application. The bill would also require each county to request that the parent or guardian of each child who it determines meets the eligibility requirements for participation in the CalFresh program to provide additional documentation necessary for retention of eligibility in the CalFresh program.