1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Shame at School Act of 2019 . 2. Mandatory certification Section 9(b)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(5) ) is amended by— (1) striking Discretionary and inserting Mandatory ; and (2) striking may and inserting shall . 3. Retroactive reimbursement Section 9(b)(9)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(9)(C) ) is amended— (1) by striking Except and inserting the following: (i) In general Except ; (2) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II); and (3) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Retroactivity A local educational agency shall revise a previously submitted meal claim to reflect the eligibility approval of a child for free or reduced price meals for the period that begins on the earlier of the following: (I) The first day of the current school year. (II) The date that is 90 days prior to the date of such eligibility approval. (iii) Meal claim defined In this subsection, the term meal claim means any documentation provided by a school food authority to a State agency in order to receive reimbursement for the cost of a meal served to a child by such school food authority. . 4. Reducing stigma associated with unpaid school meal fees Section 9(b)(10) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(10) ) is amended to read as follows: (10) Reducing stigma associated with unpaid school meal fees (A) Overt identification prohibited A local educational agency or school food authority may not, based on the status of a covered child as a covered child— (i) physically segregate such covered child; (ii) overtly identify such covered child— (I) through the use of special tokens or tickets; or (II) by an announcement or a published list of names