The District will:

• Provide a meal to any student who requests it.
• Charge all meals to the student's account whether or not there are sufficient funds to cover the charge.
• Not require that the student return the product or throw it away.
• Not require that a student do chores or other work to pay for meals, unless all other students do similar chores or work regardless of whether money is owed for meals.

The District will:

• Send a Negative Balance notice to the student’s parent or guardian on a weekly basis.

• Determine if the student has been identified as being eligible for free or reduced price lunches under the USDA’s current Income Eligibility  Guidelines.

• If the student has not been identified as being eligible for free or reduced price lunches, the school shall make reasonable efforts to contact the student’s parent or guardian to have the parent or guardian fill out an application to determine if the student is eligible for free or reduced price meals under the USDA’s Income Eligibility Guidelines.

• If the student is not eligible for free or reduced price meals or the parent or guardian does not fill out an application, the school shall make reasonable efforts to contact the parent or guardian and to offer assistance filling out an application, if appropriate.