3.0.0 5167 2023-01-11T13:16:04Z 2023-01-11T13:16:04Z House H HR 2010-04-28 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee Referred to 2010-05-27T14:15:35Z Referred to 2010-04-28T14:02:10Z 2010-05-27 hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Committee 2010-04-28 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2010-04-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-04-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 N Education Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Poverty and welfare assistance User charges and fees Education 00 2010-04-28 Introduced in House 2010-05-07T18:42:33Z School Meals Stigma Reduction Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow local educational agencies (LEAs) to revise previously submitted meal claims to approve children retroactively for up to 90 days for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch program.

Requires children who are eligible for free meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs to be provided the meal that is provided on any given day, regardless of unpaid fees.

Requires children who are eligible for reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs to be provided the meal that is provided on any given day, as long as the child pays the reduced-price meal fee that day, regardless of unpaid fees.

Directs LEAs that wish to implement a substitute meal policy for children with unpaid school meal fees to ensure that it doesn't stigmatize the children.

Requires LEAs to directly certify children who owe at least a week of meal fees as eligible for free meals or provide their households with the materials and encouragement to apply for such meals.

Prohibits LEAs attempting to collect unpaid school meal fees from a household from taking any action directed at the household's child or using a debt collector.

]]> School Meals Stigma Reduction Act Display Title School Meals Stigma Reduction Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reduce stigma associated with unpaid meal fees, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced School Meals Stigma Reduction Act Introduced in House 2010-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5167ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5167ih.xml 2010-05-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.