School 'Lunch Shaming' br Is Outlawed by CA Law The new legislation requires br that all students receive a standard br school lunch regardless of unpaid meal fees. Students with lunch debt are br often given "alternative lunches," br which in turn can lead to "lunch br shaming" by other students. Authored by state Sen. Robert Hertzberg, br the legislation was signed by br CA Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday. Newsom said he was inspired br to support the bill by a nine-year-old br boy who used $74.80 in allowance br to pay off his third grade's lunch debt. Gavin Newsom, CA Governor, via CNN "Lunch shaming" has also br been perpetuated by school br administration officials. A Pennsylvania school district br issued a letter to parents threatening br foster care for students with unpaid lunch debt. According to the School br Nutrition Association, 75 of school br districts reported unpaid lunch debt br for the 2016-2017 school year.