A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION to adopt a policy to ensure the uniform administration of unpaid meal charges.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑12 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(47)	Duty to Ensure Uniform Administration of Unpaid Meal Charges. – The State Board of Education shall adopt a policy to ensure the uniform administration of unpaid meal charges in local school administrative units. At a minimum, the policy shall guarantee that students are not prevented from receiving nutritious meals because of an unpaid meal charge."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning in the 2019‑2020 school year.