Sec. 4. Reducing stigma associated with unpaid school meal fees
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Section 9(b)(10) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(10) ) is amended to read as follows: A local educational agency or school food authority may not, based on the status of a covered child as a covered child— physically segregate such covered child; overtly identify such covered child— through the use of special tokens or tickets; or by an announcement or a published list of names; or identify or stigmatize such covered child by any other means.
For any covered child who is a member of a household that owes a week or more of unpaid school meal fees, a local educational agency shall— attempt to directly certify such covered child for free meals under paragraph
(4)or (5); or in a case where the local educational agency is not able to directly certify such covered child under paragraph
(4)or (5), provide to the household of such covered child— a household application and applicable descriptive material; and written and oral communications to encourage submission of the application. In attempting to collect unpaid school meal fees from a household, a local educational agency or school food authority may not— except as described in subparagraph (D), direct any communication regarding unpaid school meal fees to a covered child who is a member of such household; withhold educational opportunities from, or otherwise stigmatize, a covered child due to the status of the covered child as a covered child; or use a debt collector (as such term is defined in section 803 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1692a )). A school food authority may permit a requirement that a covered child deliver a letter addressed to a parent or guardian of the covered child that contains a communication relating to unpaid school meal fees, subject to the condition that the letter shall not be distributed to the covered child in a manner that stigmatizes the covered child. In providing a meal to a covered child, a local educational agency or school food authority may not, based on the status of the covered child as a covered child, dispose of or take away from the covered child any food that has already been served to such covered child. In this paragraph: The term covered child means a child who— is enrolled in a school that participates in the school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773 ); and is a member of a household that owes unpaid school meal fees. The term unpaid school meal fees means outstanding fees owed by a household to a local educational agency for lunches under this Act or breakfasts under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773 ). .
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