SB 42 — School boards; payment of school meal debt.
VA 20261 session
Department of Education; impact of requiring each school board to pay unpaid meal balance from uncollectible school meal debts; report. Directs the Department of Education to evaluate and submit to the chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education by November 1, 2026, a report on the impact of requiring each school board, at the end of each school year, to pay for the total unpaid school meal balance on the nonprofit food service account of each public elementary or secondary school in the school division resulting from uncollectible school meal debts on any student account.
Latest action: — Continued
Sponsors (1)
- Danica A. Roem (D, VA) — sponsor
Action timeline (26)
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
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| — | → | HRUL Sub: Studies Subcommittee | — | va-leg |
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Who matters
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| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
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| 1 | Danica A. Roem (D, state_upper VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to HRUL Sub: Studies Subcommittee · va-leg