Sponsored by:
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Education Committee on May 11, 2026, with amendments.
An Act concerning free and reduced-priced meal applications and supplementing P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-3.2 et al.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the requirements of section 16 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-21b1), a participating school, which is a public school, shall post a link to the subsidized school meals application1, as well as a link to at least one informational video produced by the New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate regarding the school meals application,1 in a prominent location on the school’s Internet website.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.