Hawaii § 302A-404 - School meals.
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§ 302A-404. School meals.
(a) School meals shall be made available under the school meals program in every school where the students are required to eat meals at school. (b) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, students who qualify for reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program shall receive free school meals. (c) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, free school meals shall be provided to every student enrolled in a department school whose family income is not more than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, regardless of a student's eligibility for participation in the federal school meals program. (d) No student shall be denied a meal solely for failure to pay. (e) The department may adopt rules or policies governing the collection of funds for student meal accounts with a negative fund balance; provided that no rule or policy shall prohibit feeding a student or otherwise conflict with subsection (d). (f) It is the intent of this section not to jeopardize the receipt of any federal aid and, only to the extent necessary to effectuate this intent, the governor may modify strict provisions of this section, but shall promptly report any modification with the governor's reasons therefore to the next succeeding session of the legislature for review. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 2009, c 26, §3; am L 2017, c 194, §1; am L 2025, c 139, §2] Previous Vol05_Ch0261-0319 Next
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What does Hawaii Revised Statutes § 302A-404 cover?
Section 302A-404 ("School meals.") is part of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Hawaii. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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