SB42
School boards; powers and duties, school meal policies, payment of school meal debt.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
Chief Patron:
Danica Roem (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. School boards; powers and duties; school meal policies; payment of school meal debt.
Requires each school board, at the end of each school year, to pay for the total unpaid school meal balance on the nonprofit school food service account of each public elementary or secondary school in the school division resulting from uncollectable school meal debts on any student account using any ... (More) appropriated nonfederal funds, except that each school board is prohibited from requiring any public elementary or secondary school in the school division from paying for or providing any funding to pay for such school's unpaid school meal balance. The bill requires each school board to adopt policies in accordance with the provisions of the bill in order to pay these unpaid balances at the end of each school year. (Less)-
Bill History
- 11/22/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100754D
- 11/22/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/15/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106624D-S1
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
