2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 18A - Education
Section 18A:33-26 - Waiver.

18A:33-26 Waiver.

3. a. The Department of Agriculture may grant a waiver of the requirements of this act to a school district subject to the requirements of this act that lacks the staff, facilities, or equipment to sponsor the federal Summer Food Service Program, or the means to finance the hiring or acquisition of such staff, facilities, or equipment, if a waiver is requested by the school district. The Department of Agriculture also may grant a waiver for one year to a school district if a different sponsor currently runs the federal Summer Food Service Program within the same community.

b. A school district that requests a waiver pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall report to the Department of Agriculture, in the manner prescribed by the department, its reasons for requesting a waiver. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, a description of the specific impediments to implementing the program and actions that could be taken to remove those impediments or, where applicable, the identification of the sponsor that currently runs the program within the same community.

L.2018, c.28, s.3.