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programs assisted under the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), or through any State spending 
on preschool services for any fiscal year that a State 
receives payments under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
of subsection (c)(2) (referred to in this paragraph as 
the ‘‘reduction fiscal year’’) relative to the previous 
fiscal year, the Secretary, in collaboration with the 
Secretary of Education, shall reduce support for 
such State under such subsection by the same 
amount as the total reduction in State fiscal effort 
for such reduction fiscal year. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary, in collaboration 
with the Secretary of Education, may waive the re-
quirements of paragraph (1) if— 
(A) the Secretaries determine that a waiv-
er would be appropriate due to a precipitous de-
cline in the financial resources of a State as a 
result of unforeseen economic hardship, or a 
natural disaster, that has necessitated across- 
the-board reductions in State services during 
the 5-year period preceding the date of the de-
termination, including for early childhood edu-
cation programs; or 
(B) due to the circumstance of a State re-
quiring reductions in specific programs, includ-
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ing early childhood education, the State pre-
sents to the Secretaries a justification and dem-
onstration why other programs could not be re-
duced and how early childhood education pro-
grams in the State will not be disproportion-
ately harmed by such State reductions. 
(h) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds received 
under this section shall be used to supplement and not 
supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds ex-
pended on early childhood education programs in the 
State. 
(i) NONDISCRIMINATION
PROVISIONS.—The fol-
lowing provisions of law shall apply to any program or ac-
tivity that receives funds provided under this section: 
(1) Title IX of the Education Amendments of 
1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 
(2) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000d et seq.). 
(3) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 794). 
(4) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). 
(5) Section 654 of the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 9849) 
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Subtitle E—Child Nutrition and 
Related Programs 
SEC. 24001. EXPANDING COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) MULTIPLIER AND THRESHOLD ADJUSTED.— 
(1) 
MULTIPLIER.—Clause 
(vii) 
of 
section 
11(a)(1)(F) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(vii) MULTIPLIER.— 
‘‘(I) IMPLEMENTATION IN 2022– 
2030.—For each school year beginning 
on or after July 1, 2022, and ending 
before July 1, 2030, the Secretary 
shall use a multiplier of 2.5. 
‘‘(II) IMPLEMENTATION
AFTER 
2030.—For each school year beginning 
on or after July 1, 2030, the Sec-
retary shall use a multiplier of 1.6.’’. 
(2) THRESHOLD.—Clause (viii) of section 
11(a)(1)(F) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(viii) THRESHOLD.— 
‘‘(I) IMPLEMENTATION IN 2022– 
2030.—For each school year beginning 
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on or after July 1, 2022, and ending 
before July 1, 2030, the threshold 
shall be not more than 25 percent. 
‘‘(II) IMPLEMENTATION
AFTER 
2030.—For each school year beginning 
on or after July 1, 2030, the thresh-
old shall be not more than 40 per-
cent.’’. 
(3) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to a local educational 
agency with respect to a school year beginning on or 
after July 1, 2022, for which such local educational 
agency elects to receive special assistance payments 
under subparagraph (F) of section 11(a)(1) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)). 
(b) 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 ELIGI-
BILITY.—For each school year beginning 
on or after July 1, 2022, and ending be-
fore July 1, 2030, the Secretary shall es-
tablish a statewide community eligibility 
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program under which, in the case of a 
State agency that agrees to provide fund-
ing 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— 
‘‘(I) the multiplier described in 
clause (vii) shall apply; 
‘‘(II) the threshold described in 
clause (viii) shall be applied by sub-
stituting zero for 25; and 
‘‘(III) the percentage of enrolled 
students who were identified students 
shall be calculated across all applica-
ble schools in the State regardless of 
local educational agency.’’. 
SEC. 24002. DIRECT CERTIFICATION FOR CHILDREN RE-
CEIVING MEDICAID BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (5) to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(5) DISCRETIONARY CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) FREE LUNCHES OR BREAKFASTS.— 
Subject to paragraph (6), any local educational 
agency may certify any child as eligible for free 
lunches or breakfasts, without further applica-
tion, by directly communicating with the appro-
priate State or local agency to obtain docu-
mentation of the status of the child as— 
‘‘(i) a member of a family that is re-
ceiving assistance under the temporary as-
sistance for needy families program funded 
under part A of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) that the 
Secretary determines complies with stand-
ards established by the Secretary that en-
sure that the standards under the State 
program are comparable to or more re-
strictive than those in effect on June 1, 
1995; 
‘‘(ii) a homeless child or youth (de-
fined as 1 of the individuals described in 
section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11434a(2)); 
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