1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; prohibiting participants in the national school lunch program 
1.3 	from discriminating against eligible children;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2012, sections 123B.37, subdivision 2; 124D.111, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Boards shall not withhold grades or diplomas for nonpayment of 
1.8 	student fees. No pupil's rights or privileges, including the receipt of grades or diplomas 
1.9 	may be denied or abridged for nonpayment of fees, including school lunch debts; but this 
1.10 	provision does not prohibit a district from maintaining any action provided by law for the 
1.11 	collection of fees authorized by sections 123B.36 and 123B.38.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.111, is amended by adding a 
1.14 	subdivision to read:
1.15 		Subd. 4.Discrimination prohibited. No school district, charter school, nonpublic 
1.16 	school, or other participant in the national school lunch program receiving state aid under 
1.17 	subdivision 1 may:
1.18 	(1) discriminate against or otherwise stigmatize any child eligible for a free or 
1.19 	reduced-price school lunch; or
1.20 	(2) deny lunch to a child eligible for a reduced-price school lunch who lacks 
1.21 	sufficient funds to pay for lunch or has unpaid school lunch debts.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2013.