This bill creates a School Meals Debt Relief Fund and provides for the fund's administration.
This bill:
- creates a School Meals Debt Relief Fund;
- allows individual taxpayers to designate contributions to the fund on tax returns;
- allows corporate taxpayers to designate contributions to the fund on tax returns;
- establishes reporting requirements for local education agencies regarding school meals debt;
- provides for a distribution process based on each local education agency's proportion of total statewide school meals debt;
- requires the State Board of Education to collect and verify school meals debt data;
- delegates rulemaking authority to the State Board of Education for program administration; and
- makes technical changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 59-10-1304