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SB371: relative to school lunch meal payment policies.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2016 SB371
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Committee
HOUSE Education
Hearing
03/15/2016 at 01:45 PM
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Education

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CHAPTER 48

SB 371 - FINAL VERSION

02/11/2016 0354s

2016 SESSION

16-2925

04/08

SENATE BILL 371

AN ACT relative to school lunch meal payment policies.

SPONSORS: Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Rep. Gile, Merr. 27

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes requirements for implementing a school lunch meal payment policy.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/11/2016 0354s 16-2925

04/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to school lunch meal payment policies.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

48:1 New Paragraph; School Boards; Food and Nutrition Programs. Amend RSA 189:11-a by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

VIII. A school lunch meal payment policy which is implemented by a school board either before or after the effective date of this section shall ensure that all students have access to a healthy school lunch, that the school district will make every reasonable effort to inform parents of the policy, and that no student will be subject to different treatment from the standard school lunch meal or school cafeteria procedures. The department of education or the state board of education, upon request of the local school board, may provide communication assistance to school districts and parents of school children regarding the school lunch meal payment policy.

48:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 3, 2016

Effective Date: July 2, 2016