School Meals Expansion Act

Bill: 118-hr-2567
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2023-04-10
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>School Meals Expansion Act</strong></p><p>This bill expands eligibility for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the school lunch program. It also increases the reimbursement rate for schools under the CEP. (The CEP allows eligible schools, groups of schools, and school districts the option to offer breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications.)</p><p>This bill lowers the threshold for a school to participate in the CEP to an identified student percentage (ISP) of at least 25%, from 40%. The ISP is the percentage of students who are eligible for free school meals without a household application, primarily those who are directly certified through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).</p><p>The bill also increases the reimbursement multiplier for school meals to 2.5 from the current 1.6, effectively increasing the reimbursement rate for the CEP participating schools. The reimbursement multiplier is used to calculate how many meals will be reimbursed at the free meal rate. A higher multiplier means more meals will be reimbursed at this higher rate.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2567 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2023 Mr. McGarvey (for himself, Ms. Barragán , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Evans , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Kilmer , Mrs. McBath , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Payne , Ms. Pettersen , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Swalwell , Mr. Tonko , Ms. Velázquez , and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) 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 with respect to expanding community eligibility, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Meals Expansion Act . 2. Expanding community eligibility (a) 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 For each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2023, the Secretary shall use a multiplier of 2.5. . (b) 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 For each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2023, the threshold shall be not more than 25 percent. . (c) Applicability The amendments made by this section shall apply to a local educational agency with respect to a school year beginning on or after July 1, 2023, 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) ).