                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SCHOOL MEALS; AVAILABILITY TO STUDENTS (§ 22.1-79.7:1)

A. Each school board shall require each public elementary and secondary school
in the local school division to participate in the federal National School Lunch
Program and the federal School Breakfast Program administered by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and to make lunch and breakfast available pursuant to
such programs to any student who requests such a meal, regardless of whether
such student has the money to pay for the meal or owes money for meals
previously provided, unless the student&#8217;s parent has provided written
permission to the school board to withhold such a meal from the student.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of a school
board to collect payment for meals provided pursuant to subsection A, provided,
however, that no such school board shall utilize a nongovernmental third-party
debt collector to collect on such debt.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 683.