Tex. Education Code § 33.908
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 33.908, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 33.908. GRACE PERIOD POLICY FOR EXHAUSTED OR INSUFFICIENT MEAL CARD OR ACCOUNT BALANCE.
Official statutory text
The board of trustees of a school district that allows students to use a prepaid meal card or account to purchase meals served at schools in the district shall adopt a grace period policy regarding the use of the cards or accounts. The policy:
(1) must allow a student whose meal card or account balance is exhausted or insufficient to continue, for a period determined by the board, to purchase meals by:
(A) accumulating a negative balance on the student's card or account; or
(B) otherwise receiving an extension of credit from the district;
(2) must require the district to notify the parent of or person standing in parental relation to the student that the student's meal card or account balance is exhausted;
(3) may not permit the district to charge a fee or interest in connection with meals purchased under Subdivision (1); and
(4) may permit the district to set a schedule for repayment on the account balance as part of the notice to the parent or person standing in parental relation to the student.
(1) must allow a student whose meal card or account balance is exhausted or insufficient to continue, for a period determined by the board, to purchase meals by:
(A) accumulating a negative balance on the student's card or account; or
(B) otherwise receiving an extension of credit from the district;
(2) must require the district to notify the parent of or person standing in parental relation to the student that the student's meal card or account balance is exhausted;
(3) may not permit the district to charge a fee or interest in connection with meals purchased under Subdivision (1); and
(4) may permit the district to set a schedule for repayment on the account balance as part of the notice to the parent or person standing in parental relation to the student.
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