N.M. Stat. § 22-13C-5

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 22-13C-5 - Anti-stigmatization and antidiscrimination practices
A. A school shall not:
(1) publicly identify or stigmatize a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes a meal debt by, for example, requiring that a student wear a wristband or hand stamp; or
(2) require a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes a meal debt to do chores or other work to pay for meals; provided that chores or work required of all students regardless of a meal debt is permitted.
B. A school shall direct communications about a student's meal debt to a parent or guardian and not the student. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a school from sending a student home with a letter addressed to a parent or guardian.

NMS § 22-13C-5

Laws 2017, ch. 117, § 5.
Laws 2017, ch. 117