{"data":{"id":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-6601-a","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"20-A M.R.S. §6601-A","heading":"Free or reduced-price school meals; Internet-based school meal applications","body":"The department shall contract for the development and implementation of an Internet-based application for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program under 7 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 210 and the School Breakfast Program under 7 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 220.  The department shall make available to public schools the Internet‑based application for free or reduced-price meals developed under this section on the department's publicly accessible website.  The department shall make the Internet-based application in an understandable and uniform format and, to the maximum extent practicable, in a language that parents and legal guardians can understand.  A public school may make the Internet-based application available for school meal applications on the public school's publicly accessible website.  All public schools shall continue to distribute paper applications for school meals to all students.  A public school is solely responsible for processing that school's online applications.  Data submitted through the Internet-based application may not be visible to the department and must be transmitted directly to the applicable public school.  All public schools shall accept data submitted through the Internet-based application.","path":["TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION","PART 3: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION","CHAPTER 223: HEALTH, NUTRITION AND SAFETY","SUBCHAPTER 7: SCHOOL LUNCH AND MILK PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/20-A/title20-Asec6601-A.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:30Z","sha256":"4765374fe949a8a1186923818701af5df2677d9a0f18cd695b3e1615015c3474","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-6601","next":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-6602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}