Senate bill would task DOE with study of shifting unpaid school meal debt from schools to divisions SB42 would direct the Virginia Department of Education to evaluate moving unpaid school meal balances from individual school budgets to school-division accounts and report on fiscal impacts, equity, and best practices after schools used the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). The subcommittee reported the bill 8–2.

A new Virginia Senate bill could reshape how unpaid school meal debts are managed, potentially easing financial burdens on individual schools and enhancing access to meals for all students.

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Committee backs voluntary tax-return donation to ease school meal debt HB 148 would create an on-return, non-deductible donation option to a school meals debt relief fund managed by the State Board of Education; the measure requires LEAs to report lunch-debt totals and includes an automatic removal mechanism if donations fall below $30,000 over three years. The committee passed the substitute unanimously.

A new bill in Utah proposes a unique way for taxpayers to help eliminate school meal debt, but will it raise enough funds to make a difference?

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