HR 5308
116th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Medicaid
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019
Introduced: December 5, 2019
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Dec 5, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Dec 5, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019
This bill revises program requirements under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Specifically, the bill
- eliminates the reduced price school breakfast and lunch programs to include prohibiting USDA from providing reimbursements for such programs,
- expands the income guidelines for purposes of determining eligibility for free school lunches and breakfasts to make families living at 200% of the poverty-level eligible (currently, families living at 130% or below are eligible),
- allows states to use Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) participation data to directly certify students for free school lunches and breakfasts, and
- increases the multiplier from 1.6% to 1.8% for purposes of determining reimbursement under the Community Eligibility Provision that permits schools in high poverty areas to serve all meals free of charge.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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