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S. 5460: Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2026

A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase reimbursement rates of school meals, and for other purposes.

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Sep 23, 2026
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Sep 23, 2026

This bill permanently increases the federal reimbursement rates for the school lunch and breakfast programs.

Specifically, beginning October 1, 2026, the bill provides an additional 45 cents per lunch served in the National School Lunch Program and an additional 28 cents per breakfast served in the School Breakfast Program. These amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation beginning July 1, 2027.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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History

  1. Sep 23, 2026Introduced in the Senate by Martin Heinrich.
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  1. Sep 23, 2026Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 23, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.