Purpose: The District must make every effort to collect negative balances in accordance with District Policy #8550 and N.J.S.A. 18A:33-21
Procedure: Policy and statute require parent notification when an account is in arrears.
District Policy requires a first notification to be sent on the (5th) fifth of the month where parents are given 10 days to pay the arrears. The first notification is a template stored in Nutrikids.
During that time, the cafeteria follows the following procedure:
$7.00 in arrears or more.
The student continues to be served a meal for breakfast or lunch which can be charged to the account but ala carte items can not be charged. Ala carte purchases are cash only.
A second notification is sent on the (15th) fifteenth of the month to parents/guardians that did not respond to the first notification. The second notification states that if the account is not paid within one week of the letter, the student will be on a cash basis only. No items can be charged.
During that time, the cafeteria continues to follow the following procedure:
$7.00 in arrears or more.
The student continues to be served a meal for breakfast or lunch which can be charged to the account but ala carte items can not be charged. Ala carte purchases are cash only.
If the arrears is not paid by the 22nd of the month:
The cafeteria follows the following procedure:
$7.00 in arrears or more.
The student continues to be served a meal for breakfast or lunch which can be charged to the account but ala carte items can not be charged. Ala carte purchases are cash only.
$15.00 in arrears
The student can make purchases with cash only. No charges are allowed for meals or ala carte items