School Meal Debt Policies

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Unpaid school meal charges

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Why unpaid US school lunch debt can prompt a call to child welfare services

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Hundreds of thousands of students across the country attend school districts with policies that say parents whose children accrue school meal debt can be reported for neglect to authorities.

The Guardian found dozens of individual districts, across 10 states, with policies referencing a referral to social services or law enforcement in their meal debt regulations.

New Orleans district says students not enrolled in free and reduced-priced meals can charge up to $10 .

If parents don’t pay debt, school principals will “view the non-compliance as parental neglect” School principals will notify a counselor or child welfare supervisor for appropriate action.

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