W. Va. Code R. § 126-85-117
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 126-85-117 - Lost, Stolen and Misused Tickets117.1. Local school officials should develop procedures to handle the problem of lost, stolen and/or misused tickets and should initiate appropriate corrective measures. These officials should distinguish between genuine cases of lost or stolen tickets from willfully fraudulent "sold ticket/misuse" situations, and take appropriate action. This may include, when necessary, the same disciplinary measures that would be used in resolving any other infraction of school standards and rules of conduct. 117.2. The decision to replace a ticket belongs to the school regardless of the circumstances. The "lost" or "stolen" ticket may be replaced or the school may choose one of several options. The options may include accompanying or monitoring all students who report lost or stolen tickets - needy and non-needy - through the food service line; providing a list of those students' names to the cashier; or any locally developed measure that complies with the legislated boundaries. Regardless of which option is chosen, the eligible needy student must be provided with the free or reduced price meal. 117.3. Schools may also initiate a procedure that would sanction an ineligible student for attempting to use a ticket to obtain a meal when that ticket was lost, stolen or when it was determined that the ticket was otherwise obtained by fraud. In developing corrective measures, schools need only ensure that free and reduced price recipients not be overtly identified and that they not be charged for any replacement ticket. W. Va. Code R. § 126-85-117