# Education (GED)

## Title 7. Public Schools

### Subtitle 6. Subsidized and Free Feeding Programs

#### Section 7-605

(a) The General Assembly finds the following policies desirable in the administration and application of the school feeding program:

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

  (2) The identity of children who participate in the free feeding program 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) There may not be discrimination in this program for elementary, junior high, and high school students.

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Md. Code Ann., Educ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)