HF 2467 — A bill for an act relating to school meal debt and to school meal programs offered by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, authorizing the establishment of unpaid student meals accounts, and authorizing the transfer and expenditure of certain funds, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 660.) Effective 7-1-18.

House File 2467 - ReprintedEnrolled HOUSEHouse FILEFile 2467 BYAN COMMITTEEACT ONRELATING EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSBSCHOOL 660)MEAL (AsDEBT AmendedAND andTO PassedSCHOOL byMEAL thePROGRAMS HouseOFFERED MarchBY 8,SCHOOL 2018)DISTRICTS AAND BILLACCREDITED FORNONPUBLIC AnSCHOOLS, ActAUTHORIZING relatingTHE toESTABLISHMENT schoolOF mealUNPAID debtSTUDENT andMEALS toACCOUNTS, schoolAND mealAUTHORIZING programsTHE offeredTRANSFER byAND schoolEXPENDITURE districtsOF andCERTAIN accreditedFUNDS, nonpublicAND schools,INCLUDING authorizingRETROACTIVE theAPPLICABILITY establishmentPROVISIONS. of unpaid student meals accounts, and authorizing the transfer and expenditure of certain funds.

HFSection 24671. (3) 87 kh/jh/md H.F.

2467 Section 1.

If the alleged liability is owing and payable to a school district for school mealmeals debt,and the school district has made reasonable efforts to collect the debtdebt, for at least two years, and the amount of the debt owed by a person to the school district is five hundred dollars or more, setoff pursuant to this section may be sought by the school district.House File 2467, p.

2 district.

If a student owes money for five or more meals, a school principal,personnel assistant principal, or designated meal program staff person may contact the student’s parent or guardian to provide information regarding the application for free or reduced-fee meals pursuant to the federal National School Lunch Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C.

A school is encouraged to provide a reimbursable meal, as specified under regulations promulgated by the United States department of agriculture pursuant to the federal Healthy, HFHunger-Free 2467Kids (3)Act 87of -1-2010, kh/jh/mdPub. 1/3 H.F.

2467 Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Pub.

If practicable, a school shall position the point of service at the beginning of a lunch line to provide options other than meal disposal or replacement.

6.

(2)House RequiringFile the2467, studentp. to wear a wristband, hand stamp, or identification marks, or to do chores or other work to pay for meals.

3 (2) Requiring the student to wear a wristband, hand stamp, or identification marks, or to do chores or other work to pay for meals.

7.6.

The department of education shall, in consultation with schools, develop and establish best practices, guidance, and HF 2467 (3) 87 -2- kh/jh/md 2/3 H.F.

2467 policies to assist schools to reach the goal of ensuring that all students have access, at a minimum, to reimbursable meals, in accordance with subsection 4.

8.

(06) For deposit in the unpaid student meals account to be used for purposes of paying student meal debt accrued by individual students in accordance with section 283A.11, subsection 8.6.

HFSec. 2467 (3) 87 -3- kh/jh/md 3/3

4.

RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.

The following applies retroactively to July 1, 2017, for a school district seeking to use setoff for school meal debt collection under section 8A.504, subsection 2, paragraph “l”, as enacted by this Act:

House File 2467, p.

4 The section of this Act enacting section 8A.504, subsection 2, paragraph “l”.

______________________________ ______________________________ LINDA UPMEYER CHARLES SCHNEIDER Speaker of the House President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2467, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.

______________________________ CARMINE BOAL Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2018 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor