S 5318 119th Congress Agriculture and Food

Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026

Introduced: August 6, 2026 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

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Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026

This bill establishes a grant program to support summer early reading programs held at schools with a summer lunch site.

Specifically, the Department of Education must use funds provided for the program to award competitive grants to state library administrative agencies to enable them to award subgrants to eligible local educational agencies for summer early reading programs held at schools with a summer lunch site.

The program is open to local educational agencies that include schools where at least 50% of the students in prekindergarten through grade 3 are (1) reading below grade level at grade 3, or (2) at risk of reading below grade level at grade 3.

Cosponsors 4

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Aug 6, 2026

Booker, Cory A.

New Jersey · Aug 6, 2026

Luján, Ben Ray

New Mexico · Aug 6, 2026

Wyden, Ron

Oregon · Aug 6, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5318: Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5318/

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