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HR 6795 · in committee · significant

School MEALS Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill improves how schools automatically enroll eligible students in free lunch programs using data from other assistance programs.
  • Students receiving SNAP or other federal food assistance and those in high-poverty schools are affected.
  • USDA provides grants to states and tribes to modernize enrollment systems, with improvements required within three years.

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  1. 01

    How would automatic enrollment using existing assistance program data change which students currently miss out on free lunch benefits?

  2. 02

    What enrollment system modernization costs might schools face, and how sufficient are USDA grants for implementation across different state sizes?

  3. 03

    Which barriers to sharing data between SNAP and school lunch programs does this bill address, and what privacy protections does it establish?

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Introduced 2025-12-17

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-17 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

  2. 2025-12-17 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-12-17 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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