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To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the…

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To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches.

Introduced: January 28, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill provides that only school food authorities with a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year are required to establish a price for paid lunches using the formula specified under current law (known as Paid Lunch Equity requirements).

What's happening now January 28, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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Schrier, Kim
Washington · Jan 28, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5686: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5686/
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"H.R. 5686: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5686/.
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H.R. 5686, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5686/.
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[H.R. 5686: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5686/)
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