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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Education Code - EDC |
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Title 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION |
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Division 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES |
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Part 27. PUPILS |
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Chapter 9. Pupil and Personnel Health |
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ARTICLE 11. Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 |
Section 49557.
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(a) The governing board of a school district and the county superintendent of schools shall make applications for free or reduced price meals available to students at all times during each regular schoolday. The application shall contain, in at least 8-point boldface type, each of the following statements:
(1) Applications for free and reduced price meals may be submitted at any time during a schoolday.
(2) Children participating in the National School Lunch Program will not be overtly identified by the use of special tokens, special tickets, special serving lines, separate entrances, separate dining areas, or by any other means.
A school district and the county superintendent of schools shall use all other applications it has for free or reduced price meals before utilizing the applications pursuant to this subdivision.
(b) The governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools shall formulate a plan, which shall be mailed to the State Department of Education for its approval, that will ensure that children eligible to receive free or reduced priced meals and milk shall not be treated differently from other children. These plans shall ensure each of the following:
(1) Unless otherwise specified, the names of the children shall not be published, posted, or announced in any manner, or used for any other purpose other than the National School Lunch Program.
(2) There shall be no overt identification of any of the children by the use of special tokens or tickets or by any other means.
(3) The children shall not be required to work for their meals or milk.
(4) The children shall not be required to use a separate dining area, go through a separate serving line, enter the dining area through a separate entrance, or consume their meals or milk at a different time.
(c) When more than one lunch or breakfast or type of milk is offered pursuant to this article, the children shall have the same choice of meals or milk that is available to those children who pay the full price for their meal or milk.