Virginia SB 42 — School boards; payment of school meal debt.

Virginia, 2027. SB 42: School boards; payment of school meal debt.

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Latest action

July 21, 2026 — Continued from last session

Summary

Department of Education; impact of requiring each school board to pay unpaid meal balance from uncollectible school meal debts; report. Directs the Department of Education to evaluate and submit to the chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education by November 1, 2026, a report on the impact of requiring each school board, at the end of each school year, to pay for the total unpaid school meal balance on the nonprofit food service account of each public elementary or secondary school in the school division resulting from uncollectible school meal debts on any student account.

A BILL to require the Department of Education to evaluate the impact of requiring each school board to pay for the total unpaid school meal balance resulting from uncollectible school meal debts on any student account at the end of the school year; report.

Sponsors

• Danica A. Roem — primary sponsor

Bill text

Finance and Appropriations Substitute Read version ↗ Read version ↗

School boards; powers and duties, school meal policies, payment of school meal debt. Read version ↗ Read version ↗

Recorded votes

No roll-call votes were supplied for this bill. This does not imply that no vote occurred.

Legislative history

1. July 21, 2026Continued from last session
2. March 6, 2026Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)
3. March 2, 2026Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
4. March 1, 2026Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
5. February 25, 2026Reported from Education and referred to Rules (16-Y 6-N)
6. February 24, 2026Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
7. February 12, 2026Referred to Committee on Education
8. February 12, 2026Read first time
9. February 12, 2026Placed on Calendar
10. February 11, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)
11. February 6, 2026Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
12. February 5, 2026Engrossed by Senate committee substitute (Voice Vote)
13. February 5, 2026Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
14. February 5, 2026Read second time
15. February 4, 2026Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
16. February 4, 2026Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
17. February 4, 2026Rules suspended
18. February 3, 2026Committee substitute printed 26106624D-S1
19. February 3, 2026Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
20. January 29, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)
21. January 22, 2026Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
22. January 15, 2026Assigned Education sub: Public Education
23. November 22, 2025Referred to Committee on Education and Health
24. November 22, 2025Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100754D

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