REFERENCE TITLE: students; unpaid school meal fees State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SB 1637 Introduced by Senators Diaz: Alston, Bravo, Sundareshan An Act amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-120.05; relating to school meals. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: students; unpaid school meal fees
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
SB 1637
Introduced by Senators Diaz: Alston, Bravo, Sundareshan
REFERENCE TITLE: students; unpaid school meal fees
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
SB 1637
Introduced by
Senators Diaz: Alston, Bravo, Sundareshan
An Act
amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-120.05; relating to school meals.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-120.05, to read: START_STATUTE15-120.05. School meals; unpaid fees; nutrition standards A. A public school shall ensure that a student whose parent or guardian has not paid the student's school meal fees is not shamed, treated differently or served a meal that differs from what a student who does not have unpaid school meal fees receives under that public school's policy. This subsection does not prohibit a school from serving an alternative meal to a student who requires a special meal for a dietary or religious reason. B. School personnel and volunteers at a public school that serves meals that meet the nutrition standards prescribed in section 15-242 to students during the instructional day may not take disciplinary action against a student that results in the denial or delay of a meal that meets the nutrition standards prescribed in section 15-242. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-120.05, to read:
START_STATUTE15-120.05. School meals; unpaid fees; nutrition standards
A. A public school shall ensure that a student whose parent or guardian has not paid the student's school meal fees is not shamed, treated differently or served a meal that differs from what a student who does not have unpaid school meal fees receives under that public school's policy. This subsection does not prohibit a school from serving an alternative meal to a student who requires a special meal for a dietary or religious reason.
B. School personnel and volunteers at a public school that serves meals that meet the nutrition standards prescribed in section 15-242 to students during the instructional day may not take disciplinary action against a student that results in the denial or delay of a meal that meets the nutrition standards prescribed in section 15-242. END_STATUTE