School meal policies; each local school board required to adopt policies.
Summary
Requires each local school board to adopt policies that (i) prohibit school board employees from requiring a student who cannot pay for a meal at school or who owes a school meal debt to do chores or other work to pay for such meals or wear a wristband or hand stamp and (ii) require school board employees to direct any communication relating to a school meal debt to the student's parent, which may be made by a letter addressed to the parent to be sent home with the student. This bill is identical to
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2018
Last action Mar 8, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Feb 28, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by temporarily
legislature
Feb 26, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 26, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB840H1
legislature
Feb 26, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18107298D-H1
legislature
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Jan 24, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
legislature
Jan 15, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Jan 15, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18104058D
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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