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| Public Act 100-1092 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||
Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act. | ||||
Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "school" means any | ||||
public or private elementary or secondary school that | ||||
participates in a United States Department of Agriculture child | ||||
nutrition program. | ||||
Section 10. Reimbursable meal or snack. | ||||
(a) Every school in this State shall provide a federally | ||||
reimbursable meal or snack to a student of that school who | ||||
requests the meal or snack, regardless of whether the student | ||||
has the ability to pay for the meal or snack or owes money for | ||||
earlier meals or snacks. The school may not provide a student | ||||
requesting a meal or snack under this subsection (a) an | ||||
alternate meal or snack that is different from the other meals | ||||
or snacks provided to students in that school and may not | ||||
prohibit or prevent a student from accessing the school's meal | ||||
or snack services. | ||||
(b) If a student owes money for meals or snacks that is in | ||||
excess of the equivalent of the amount charged a student for 5 | ||||
lunches, or a lower amount as determined by the student's | ||
school district or private school, a school may reach out to | ||
the parent or guardian of the student to attempt collection of | ||
the owed money and to request that the parent or guardian apply | ||
for meal benefits in a federal or State child nutrition | ||
program. If the amount owed by a student for meals or snacks is | ||
owed and payable to a school district in an amount that is no | ||
less than $500 and the school district has made reasonable | ||
efforts to collect the debt from the student's parent or | ||
guardian for at least one year, the school district may seek an | ||
offset under the State Comptroller Act. | ||
Section 15. Anti-stigmatization practices. A school may | ||
not publicly identify or stigmatize a student who cannot pay | ||
for a meal or snack or who owes money for a meal or snack in a | ||
manner that includes, but is not limited to: | ||
(1) requiring the student to wear a wristband; | ||
(2) giving the student a hand stamp; | ||
(3) requiring the student to throw away a meal or snack | ||
after being served; | ||
(4) requiring the student to sit in a separate | ||
location; | ||
(5) publicly posting the name of the student; or | ||
(6) any other action that would stigmatize the student.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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