Bill Text: MN SF755 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: School lunch debt collection by withholding students grades prohibition; students receiving free or reduced lunch discrimination prohibition
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-25 - Referred to Education [SF755 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF755-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; prohibiting participants in the national school lunch program
1.3from discriminating against eligible children;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.42012, sections 123B.37, subdivision 2; 124D.111, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Boards shall not withhold grades or diplomas for nonpayment of
1.8student fees. No pupil's rights or privileges, including the receipt of grades or diplomas
1.9may be denied or abridged for nonpayment of fees, including school lunch debts; but this
1.10provision does not prohibit a district from maintaining any action provided by law for the
1.11collection of fees authorized by sections123B.36 and
123B.38 .
1.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.13 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.111, is amended by adding a
1.14subdivision to read:
1.15 Subd. 4. Discrimination prohibited. No school district, charter school, nonpublic
1.16school, or other participant in the national school lunch program receiving state aid under
1.17subdivision 1 may:
1.18(1) discriminate against or otherwise stigmatize any child eligible for a free or
1.19reduced-price school lunch; or
1.20(2) deny lunch to a child eligible for a reduced-price school lunch who lacks
1.21sufficient funds to pay for lunch or has unpaid school lunch debts.
1.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.
1.3from discriminating against eligible children;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.42012, sections 123B.37, subdivision 2; 124D.111, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Boards shall not withhold grades or diplomas for nonpayment of
1.8student fees. No pupil's rights or privileges, including the receipt of grades or diplomas
1.9may be denied or abridged for nonpayment of fees, including school lunch debts; but this
1.10provision does not prohibit a district from maintaining any action provided by law for the
1.11collection of fees authorized by sections
1.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.13 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.111, is amended by adding a
1.14subdivision to read:
1.15 Subd. 4. Discrimination prohibited. No school district, charter school, nonpublic
1.16school, or other participant in the national school lunch program receiving state aid under
1.17subdivision 1 may:
1.18(1) discriminate against or otherwise stigmatize any child eligible for a free or
1.19reduced-price school lunch; or
1.20(2) deny lunch to a child eligible for a reduced-price school lunch who lacks
1.21sufficient funds to pay for lunch or has unpaid school lunch debts.
1.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.
