Nutrition Red Tape Reduction Act

Bill: 118-s-4523
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
Introduced: 2024-06-12
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-06-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Nutrition Red Tape Reduction Act&nbsp;</strong></p><p>This bill expands eligibility for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the school lunch program. (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><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4523 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 12, 2024 Mr. Fetterman (for himself and Mr. Casey ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand community eligibility, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nutrition Red Tape Reduction Act . 2. Expanding community eligibility (a) Threshold 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 striking clause (viii) and inserting the following: (viii) Threshold For each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2024, the threshold shall be not more than 25 percent. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to a local educational agency with respect to a school year beginning on or after July 1, 2024, for which the 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) ).