Section 33.908 - Grace Period Policy for Exhausted or Insufficient Meal Card or Account Balance 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.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 925,Sec. 12, eff. 9/1/2017.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 875,Sec. 1, eff. 6/18/2015, op. beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.