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To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish statewide community eligibility for certain special assistance payments, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill amends federal school lunch law to allow states to establish a statewide community eligibility program for school meals beginning in July 2025. Under this program, states that commit state funding to ensure free meal reimbursement for 100 percent of meals at participating schools can eliminate the threshold requirement for meal eligibility and calculate student eligibility across all schools statewide rather than at individual school district levels. This would enable states to use alternative funding mechanisms to expand free school lunch access.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA)
24 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC)
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA)
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN)
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA)
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA)
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA)
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY)
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA)
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY)
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA)
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY)
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA)
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA)
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME)
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC)
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL)
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Pete Aguilar’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $108,900
- WELLS FARGO $34,700
- PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON & GARRISON $19,100
- THEGROUP $16,200
- GENERAL ATOMICS $16,100
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Actions (2)
- Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 2025
Mr. Aguilar (for himself, Mr. Carson, Ms. Chu, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Tlaib, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish statewide community eligibility for certain special assistance payments, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No Hungry Kids in Schools Act”.
SEC. 2. STATEWIDE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY.
Section 11(a)(1)(F) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(xiv) Statewide community eligibility.— For each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2025, the Secretary shall establish an option for States to utilize a statewide community eligibility program, for purposes of which, in the case of a State agency that agrees to provide funding from sources other than Federal funds to ensure that local educational agencies in the State receive the free reimbursement rate for 100 percent of the meals served at applicable schools, as defined by the Secretary—
“(I) the multiplier described in clause (vii) shall apply;
“(II) the threshold described in clause (viii) shall be zero; and
“(III) the percentage of enrolled students who were identified students shall be calculated across all applicable schools in the State regardless of local educational agency.”. <all>
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