Summer EBT Enrollment and Data Sharing

I. Consistent with 42 U.S.C. section 1762(c)(1)(A), the department of education shall provide the department of health and human services with the name, date of birth, and household address of each student eligible for free or reduced-price meals for the purpose of automatic enrollment in the Summer EBT program. No additional personally identifiable information beyond the elements enumerated in this paragraph shall be transmitted under this section. II. School districts and school administrative units shall provide a distinct notice and opt-out form consistent with 42 U.S.C. section 1762(c)(1)(E) to the parent or guardian of each student concurrently with the notice of decision for free and reduced-price meals. If the decision is provided in a paper format, the opt-out form shall be a separate physical insert. If provided electronically, the opt-out mechanism shall be a prominent, separate step within the process. III. If a student is determined eligible for free or reduced-price meals and the parent or guardian has not returned the opt-out form within 15 days of receipt of notice of the decision, the student shall be automatically enrolled in the Summer EBT program. IV. Data transmitted under paragraph I shall be confidential, used exclusively for the administration and distribution of Summer EBT benefits, and deleted upon the completion of the distribution of benefits for the corresponding summer period, unless otherwise required by federal law. V. Transmissions under paragraph I shall be governed by a memorandum of understanding between the department of education and the department of health and human services, conforming to the minimum required terms established by rule under RSA 161:16, II(d).