; and (3) a school food authority that participates in the school lunch program or the school breakfast program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773 ), respectively— (A) shall provide to a child who requests a lunch or breakfast a lunch or breakfast, regardless of whether the child— (i) has money to pay for the lunch or breakfast; or (ii) owes money for a lunch or breakfast; (B) shall not provide to a child who qualifies for a free or reduced price lunch or breakfast an alternate meal that is not provided to students generally; and (C) should explore innovative ways to use technology to improve and coordinate communications with parents and guardians with respect to functions such as— (i) prepayment for meals; (ii) checking balances for school meals; (iii) adding funds to accounts for school meals; (iv) addressing outstanding debt for school meals; and (v) sending automatic emails when an account balance is low.