Maryland Education Section 7-605

      (a)      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)      There may not be discrimination among these programs for elementary, junior high, and high school students.