This bill amends provisions of education law governing applications for free or reduced-price school meals by removing the requirement that the Department of Education contract for the development and implementation of an Internet-based application for such school meals, instead simply permitting the department to take these actions. It also changes requirements for making the application available on the department's publicly accessible website and instead permits the department to make the application available on a publicly accessible website. It also removes the requirement that a public school is solely responsible for processing that school's online applications. The bill modifies provisions governing alternative breakfast delivery service in schools by removing an exemption applying to certain school administrative units and removing the requirement that the department adopt rules related to the alternative breakfast delivery service, including rules establishing procedures to track health and academic outcomes of students and schools that participate in the service and schools' annual increase in participation in the service. The bill repeals a provision of education law governing access to food, collection of student meal debt and use of food as discipline in schools.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2017, HP 1347: 20-A.6601, 20-A.6602