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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2402
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish
statewide community eligibility for certain special assistance payments,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH27, 2025
Mr. A
GUILAR(for himself, Mr. CARSON, Ms. CHU, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr.
M
CGARVEY, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. NORTON,
Mr. P
ANETTA, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. TLAIB, and Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act to establish statewide community eligibility for cer-
tain special assistance payments, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Hungry Kids in 4
Schools Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. STATEWIDE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY. 1
Section 11(a)(1)(F) of the Richard B. Russell Na-2
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)) is 3
amended by adding at the end the following: 4
‘‘(xiv) S
TATEWIDE COMMUNITY ELIGI -5
BILITY.—For each school year beginning 6
on or after July 1, 2025, the Secretary 7
shall establish an option for States to uti-8
lize a statewide community eligibility pro-9
gram, for purposes of which, in the case of 10
a State agency that agrees to provide fund-11
ing from sources other than Federal funds 12
to ensure that local educational agencies in 13
the State receive the free reimbursement 14
rate for 100 percent of the meals served at 15
applicable schools, as defined by the Sec-16
retary— 17
‘‘(I) the multiplier described in 18
clause (vii) shall apply; 19
‘‘(II) the threshold described in 20
clause (viii) shall be zero; and 21
‘‘(III) the percentage of enrolled 22
students who were identified students 23
shall be calculated across all applica-24
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ble schools in the State regardless of 1
local educational agency.’’. 2
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