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
Nov 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Nov 30, 2017
Last action Mar 6, 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
16
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB50H1
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106790D-H1
legislature
Jan 26, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Nov 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Nov 30, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100461D
legislature
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Patrick Hope
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
Co
Kathy Tran
DDemocratic
Co
Mark L. Keam
DDemocratic
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