No Hungry Kids in Schools Act

Bill: 117-hr-9482
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2022-12-08
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Hungry Kids in Schools Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies the school meal programs of the Department of Agriculture to establish an option for states to utilize a statewide community eligibility program for certain special assistance payments.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9482 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 8, 2022 Ms. Porter (for herself, Mr. Aguilar , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Norton , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Gottheimer , and Mr. DeSaulnier ) 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 establish statewide community eligibility for certain special assistance payments, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Hungry Kids in Schools Act . 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, 2023, 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— (I) the threshold described in clause (viii) shall be zero; and (II) the percentage of enrolled students who were identified students shall be calculated across all applicable schools in the State regardless of local educational agency. .