Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026

Summary

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.

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House Committee on Education and Workforce · U.S. House of Representatives

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Related bills

• S. 5318A bill to create a new Federal grant program that provides grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during the summer months.Identical bill
• H.R. 9222, 118th CongressRelated bill in another Congress
• S. 4876, 118th CongressRelated bill in another Congress
• H.R. 8429, 117th CongressRelated bill in another Congress
• S. 4578, 117th CongressRelated bill in another Congress

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Full history

1. Aug 6, 2026

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   U.S. House of Representatives

2. Aug 6, 2026

   Introduced

   Introduced in U.S. House

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3. Aug 6, 2026

   Referred to committee

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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