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118th Congress Agriculture and Food

H.R. 2567: School Meals Expansion Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Apr 10, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Apr 10, 2023

This bill expands eligibility for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the school lunch program. It also increases the reimbursement rate for schools under the CEP. (The CEP allows eligible schools, groups of schools, and school districts the option to offer breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications.)

This bill lowers the threshold for a school to participate in the CEP to an identified student percentage (ISP) of at least 25%, from 40%. The ISP is the percentage of students who are eligible for free school meals without a household application, primarily those who are directly certified through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

The bill also increases the reimbursement multiplier for school meals to 2.5 from the current 1.6, effectively increasing the reimbursement rate for the CEP participating schools. The reimbursement multiplier is used to calculate how many meals will be reimbursed at the free meal rate. A higher multiplier means more meals will be reimbursed at this higher rate.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

57

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

18 points earned
  1. 1Morgan McGarvey D-KY SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone, drew cross-party cosponsors4 events+18
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History

  1. Apr 10, 2023Introduced in the House by Morgan McGarvey.
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  1. Apr 10, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Apr 10, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.