In October 2019, Pennsylvania silently reinstated a “lunch shaming” bill, which allowed schools to offer alternative meals, use collection agencies, or exclude students from school activities if a student reached a certain amount of debt. Part of their pushback against lunch debt collection relates to the tactics school districts may use. They held a “Debtors Assembly” in Bristol’s Riverside Park in September 2021. The coalition, organized by the Pennsylvania Debt Collective, BuxMont DSA, and Lower Bucks for Change, has been working on a county-wide campaign to end student lunch debt. “This got lost in the pile until they mentioned it to us,” Chichilitti said. The board voted unanimously to cancel the debt after members of a local organization, the Bucks Cancel Lunch Debt Coalition, brought attention to the issue in a February 2022 board meeting. The median household income for Bucks County is $93,181. About 70% of the district’s 1,280 students qualify for free or reduced meals, according to district Business Manager Chris McHugh. And if we didn’t, we would have found out where to get the money to forgive this,” Chichilitti said.īristol Borough School District is one of the poorer school districts in Bucks County, with a median household income of $60,028. School Board President David Chichilitti said the board was happy to cancel the debt. PNC C-Speak: The Language of Executives.
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