School Lunch Affordability Act

Bill: 115-hr-3384
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-25
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Inflation and prices

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>School Lunch Affordability Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act by repealing its paid lunch equity requirements (which generally require schools to charge students for paid meals at a price that is, on average, equal to the difference between free meal reimbursement and paid meal reimbursement).</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3384 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2017 Mrs. Hartzler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act by repealing the paid lunch equity requirements.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Lunch Affordability Act . 2. Repeal of paid equity requirements Subsection (p) of section 12 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1760 ) is repealed.