The House last month unanimoulsy passed House Bill 263. The bill prohibits local education agencies and charter schools from prohibiting a student from participating in a school sponsored extracurricular activity on the basis the student has an outstanding debt for unpaid school meals. Think about how cruel that is, punishing the child for the parent’s debt. This bill will put a stop to that. The bill is sponsorsed by Representative Sherry Dorsey Walker and Senator Laura Sturgeon.
The bill is out of committee in the Senate and waiting on a vote on the Senate floor.
| House Bill 263 – PROHIBITING ALL SCHOOLS FROM PREVENTING A STUDENT FROM PARTICIPATING IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES DUE TO SCHOOL MEAL DEBT | Currrent Status – House Passed 41-0. Out of Committee 3/20/24 |
| House Sponsors – Dorsey Walker, Lambert, Longhurst, Minor-Brown, Moore, Morrison, Baumbach, Bush, Heffernan, Johnson, Parker Selby, Phillips, Romer, Wilson-Anton // Hilovsky | Senate Sponsors – Sturgeon, Hoffner // Pettyjohn, Hocker |
| House Yes Votes – Baumbach Bolden Bush Carson Chukwuocha Cooke Dorsey-Walker Griffith Harris Heffernan Johnson Lambert Longhurst Lynn Matthews Minor-Brown Moore Morrison Neal Osienski Parker-Selby Phillips Romer Schwartzkopf Williams Wilson-Anton // Collins Dukes Gray Hensley Hilovsky Jones-Giltner, Morris Postles Ramone Short Shupe Smith Spiegelman Vanderwende Yearick | Senate Yes Votes – |
| House No Votes – | Senate No Votes – |
| House Absents or Not Voting – | Senate Absent or Not Voting – |
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