California Education Code

§ 49558

EDC § 49558 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 27 · Ch. 9 · Art. 11

Statute text

(a)All applications and records concerning any individual made or kept by any public officer or agency in connection with the administration of any provision of this code relating to free or reduced-price meal eligibility shall be confidential, and may not be open to examination for any purpose not directly connected with the administration of any free or reduced-price meal program, or any investigation, prosecution, or criminal or civil proceeding conducted in connection with the administration of any free or reduced-price meal program.

(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a public officer or agency may allow school district employees, who are authorized by the governing board of the school district, to disclose from the individual meal records only the pupil’s name and school meal eligibility status, solely for purposes of disaggregation of academic achievement data or to identify pupils eligible for public school choice and direct pupil services pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.), if the public agency ensures the following:

(1)The public agency has adopted a policy that allows for the use of individual records for these purposes.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 669, Sec. 10. (AB 1661) Effective January 1, 2019.