Section 7-605 - Policies for administration and application of programs. - Maryland Statutes

§ 7-605. Policies for administration and application of programs.
 

(a)  Policies.- The General Assembly finds the following policies desirable in the administration and application of the school feeding programs: 

(1) Private organizations and corporations should be encouraged to participate in the program; 

(2) The identity of children who participate in free or subsidized feeding programs should remain anonymous and positive procedures should be adopted to accomplish this; and 

(3) Applications for participants in the program should be brief and simple, based on a statement of present income and family size or of participation in a social services or welfare program. 

(b)  Discrimination among students prohibited.- There may not be discrimination among these programs for elementary, junior high, and high school students. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 77, § 126; 1978, ch. 22, § 2; 1996, ch. 10, § 16.]