APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 15, 2021 212
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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H.P. 707 - L.D. 961
An Act To Provide Equity in Access to Applications for the National School
Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6601-A, as amended by PL 2019, c. 480, §1, is further
amended to read:
§6601-A. Free or reduced-price school meals; Internet-based school meal
applications
The department shall contract for the development and implementation of an Internet-
based application for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch
Program under 7 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 210 and the School Breakfast Program
under 7 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 220. The department shall make available to
public schools the Internet‑based application for free or reduced-price meals developed
under this section on the department's publicly accessible website. The department shall
make the Internet-based application in an understandable and uniform format and, to the
maximum extent practicable, in a language that parents and legal guardians can understand.
A public school may make the Internet-based application available for school meal
applications on the public school's publicly accessible website. If a public school
implements the Internet-based application process under this section, the All public school
schools shall continue to distribute paper applications for school meals to all students. A
public school implementing the Internet‑based application is solely responsible for
processing that school's online applications. Data submitted through the Internet-based
application may not be visible to the department and must be transmitted directly to the
applicable public school.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 961, HP 707: 20-A.6601
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 212: 20-A.6601