Madona Municipality to Clarify Rules for Stopping Paid School Lunches
Madona municipality in Latvia will amend its rules on municipality-funded meals in educational institutions. The changes will clarify when payment for a pupil's lunches may be stopped and what steps follow.
The Madona municipality in Latvia plans to amend the procedure governing municipality-funded meals in educational institutions. The changes are meant to clarify the conditions under which the municipality may stop paying for a pupil's lunches, and to set out what should be done in such cases. According to the article's headline, ending paid lunches will not be the first step.
Background
On 30 January this year, the municipal council approved a procedure for granting and spending municipal budget funds on feeding pupils in educational institutions. That document already listed cases in which a pupil's municipality-funded meals may be stopped.
Cases listed
Examples given include:
- a pupil does not use the lunches they signed up for for more than three days without a valid reason;
- a pupil treats food disrespectfully;
- a pupil does not take part in participation events organised by the school and the municipal administration;
- a pupil repeatedly breaks the school's internal rules.
The full article is available only to subscribers, so the exact content of the amendments and the timing of their adoption are not known from the available text.
