House Bill 5308
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Expanding Access to School Meals Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House on Dec 5, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5308
Congress
116
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
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.
December 5, 2019
12/05/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
12/05/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Oct 28, 2022 1:46:04 AM