HR 5753 · in committee · significant
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025
- education
What this bill does
- The bill permanently increases federal reimbursement rates for school lunch and breakfast programs starting November 2025.
- School districts and students participating in federal meal programs are affected by the higher reimbursement amounts.
- The bill adds 45 cents per lunch and 28 cents per breakfast, with annual inflation adjustments beginning July 2026.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would the 45-cent lunch and 28-cent breakfast reimbursement increases affect school districts with different poverty levels and existing meal program participation rates?
- 02
What evidence supports the claim that higher federal reimbursement rates will improve student nutrition outcomes or academic performance?
- 03
Which federal programs or spending would need to be reduced or reallocated to fund the permanent increase in meal reimbursements?
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Sponsor · D-MA-2
James P. McGovern
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
15/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-10-14
Joining the bill

Alma S. Adams
D-NC-12

Shontel M. Brown
D-OH-11

Seth Moulton
D-MA-6

David Scott
D-GA-13

Lori Trahan
D-MA-3

Jonathan L. Jackson
D-IL-1

William R. Keating
D-MA-9

Frank J. Mrvan
D-IN-1

Chellie Pingree
D-ME-1

Mike Thompson
D-CA-4

Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC

Emily Randall
D-WA-6
+ 3 more
Legislative timeline
2025-10-14 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-10-14 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-10-14 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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