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House bill · H.R. 2402 (119th Congress)

No Hungry Kids in Schools Act

U.S. House of Representatives

Latest action Sep 30, 2025

Sponsor: Pete Aguilar (U.S. Representative, CA-33, Democratic)

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Summary

No Hungry Kids in Schools Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an option for states to utilize a statewide Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) for USDA school meal programs. As background, the CEP allows eligible schools, groups of schools, and school districts the option to offer free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students without collecting household applications. Specifically, USDA must establish a statewide CEP option that may be used by a state agency. The state agency must provide state (nonfederal) funding to local educational agencies to reimburse applicable schools at the free reimbursement rate for 100% of the meals served. Eligibility for the statewide CEP must be based on a statewide calculation of the percentage of identified enrolled students, regardless of a school's local educational agency. Further, the bill lowers the CEP participation threshold for a statewide CEP to an identified student percentage (ISP) of zero, from a minimum of 25% under current regulations. 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). In addition, the bill specifies that the reimbursement multiplier for school meals remains at the current level of 1.6. The reimbursement multiplier is used to calculate how many meals will be reimbursed at the free meal rate.

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  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

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

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Full history

  1. Sep 30, 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in U.S. House

    U.S. House

  2. Mar 27, 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    U.S. House of Representatives

  3. Mar 27, 2025

    In committee

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

    U.S. House

  4. Mar 27, 2025

    Referred to committee

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

    U.S. House of Representatives

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