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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4259 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide 

categorical eligibility for free lunch and breakfast for certain children 

in kinship care, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 

Ms. WILD (for herself, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. BACON, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 

PAYNE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. BASS, Ms. 

JUDY CHU of California, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. 

DINGELL, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. DEAN, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. 

HAALAND, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. SERRANO, 

Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. RYAN, Mr. PAPPAS, and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

Act to provide categorical eligibility for free lunch and 

breakfast for certain children in kinship care, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Schools Preventing 

5 Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act’’ or the ‘‘SPARK Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SCHOOL MEALS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN IN KIN2 SHIP CARE. 

3 Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School 

4 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758)— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) paragraph (5)(E)— 

7 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

8 the end; 

9 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe10 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

11 (iii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(iii) a child whose placement with a rel14 ative or family friend was carried out with the 

15 involvement of an agency that administers a 

16 State plan under part B or E of title IV of the 

17 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), re18 gardless of whether such agency is responsible 

19 for the care and placement of such child.’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (12)(A)(vii)— 

21 (i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

22 at the end; 

23 (ii) in subclause (II), by striking the 

24 period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

25 (iii) by adding at the end the fol26 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(III) a child whose placement with a 

2 relative or family friend was carried out 

3 with the involvement of an agency that ad4 ministers a State plan under part B or E 

5 of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), regardless of whether 

7 such agency is responsible for the care and 

8 placement of such child.’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (d)(2)(F)— 

10 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

11 end; and 

12 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(iii) documentation has been provided to 

14 the appropriate local educational agency show15 ing the status of the child as a child whose 

16 placement with a relative or family friend was 

17 carried out with the involvement of an agency 

18 that administers a State plan under part B or 

19 E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 

20 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), regardless of whether such 

21 agency is responsible for the care and place22 ment of such child; or’’. 

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