New Mexico § 22-13C-5 Anti-stigmatization and antidiscrimination practices

New Mexico Statutes

§ 22-13C-5 — Anti-stigmatization and antidiscrimination practices

New Mexico § 22-13C-5

Ch. 22Public Schools

Art. 13CHealthy Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights

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Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 22-13C-5 (2026).

Text

A. A school shall not:

(1)publicly identify or stigmatize a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes a meal debt by, for example, requiring that a student wear a wristband or hand stamp; or (2) require a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes a meal debt to do chores or other work to pay for meals; provided that chores or work required of all students regardless of a meal debt is permitted. B. A school shall direct communications about a student's meal debt to a parent or guardian and not the student. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a school from sending a student home with a letter addressed to a parent or guardian.

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A. A school shall not: (1) publicly identify or stigmatize a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes a meal debt by, for example, requiring that a student wear a wristband or hand stamp; or (2) require a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes a meal debt to do chores or other work to pay for meals; provided that chores or work required of all students regardless of a meal debt is permitted. B. A school shall direct communications about a student's meal debt to a parent or guardian and not the student. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a school from sending a student home with a letter addressed to a parent or guardian.