North Dakota § 15.1-07-38 School districts - Policy - School meals

North Dakota Statutes

§ 15.1-07-38 — School districts - Policy - School meals

North Dakota § 15.1-07-38

Title 15.1Elementary and Secondary Education

Ch. 15.1-07School Districts

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N.D. Cent. Code § 15.1-07-38 (2026).

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A school district participating in the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act [42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.] shall adopt a school meals policy and publish the policy on the school district's website. A school meals policy must ensure:

1.A school may not deny a United States department of agriculture reimbursable meal to a student who requests one, unless the student's parent or guardian has provided written permission to the school to withhold a meal. A school may not serve an alternative meal to a student with an unpaid student meal balance or without funds to pay for a meal. This provision does not apply to an a la carte food item or second meal requested by a student during the same meal period.

2.A school may not dispose of or take away from a child any food that already has been ser

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A school district participating in the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act [42 U.S.C.
1751 et seq.] shall adopt a school meals policy and publish the policy on the school district's
website. A school meals policy must ensure:
1. A school may not deny a United States department of agriculture reimbursable meal to
a student who requests one, unless the student's parent or guardian has provided
written permission to the school to withhold a meal. A school may not serve an
alternative meal to a student with an unpaid student meal balance or without funds to
pay for a meal. This provision does not apply to an a la carte food item or second meal
requested by a student during the same meal period.
2. A school may not dispose of or take away from a child any food that already has been
served to the child on account of the child having an unpaid student meal balance or
lacking the funds to pay for a meal.
3. A school may not identify or stigmatize a student as receiving a free, reduced-price, or
full-price meal, or a meal for which the child lacks funds to pay, including the use of
tokens, stickers, stamps, or by placing the child's name on a published list of persons
with student meal debt.
4. A school may not limit a student's participation in any school activities, graduation
ceremonies, field trips, athletics, activity clubs, or other extracurricular activities or
access to materials, technology, or other items provided to students due to an unpaid
student meal balance.

5. A school may not require a student to provide services or perform work, including
cleaning duties or chores, to pay for school meals debt.
6. A school may contact a student's parent or guardian directly regarding unpaid meals
debt or a school meals account without funds to pay for additional meals. A school
may require a child deliver a sealed letter addressed to the child's parent or guardian
containing a written communication regarding the unpaid school meal debt. The letter
may not be distributed to the child in a manner that stigmatizes the child.
7. A school shall adopt policies to encourage or provide an incentive for a parent or
guardian of a student to apply for free or reduced meals through the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act [42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.], including when a student
has unpaid school meals debt.