CHAPTER 48
SB 371 - FINAL VERSION
02/11/2016 0354s
2016 SESSION
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\t04/08
SENATE BILL\t371
AN ACT\trelative to school lunch meal payment policies.
SPONSORS:\tSen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Rep. Gile, Merr. 27
COMMITTEE:\tEducation
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill establishes requirements for implementing a school lunch meal payment policy.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/11/2016 0354s\t16-2925
\t04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to school lunch meal payment policies.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t48:1 New Paragraph; School Boards; Food and Nutrition Programs. Amend RSA 189:11-a by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
\t\tVIII. 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.
\t48:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 3, 2016
Effective Date: July 2, 2016