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Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025 This bill permanently increases the federal reimbursement rates for the school lunch and breakfast programs of the Department of Agriculture. Specifically, beginning November 1, 2025, 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, 2026.
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2025-10-14
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-10-14
Introduced in House
2025-10-14
Introduced in House
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119 HR 5753 IH: Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-10-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5753 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 14, 2025 Mr. McGovern introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025 . 2. Increasing the reimbursement rate of school meals (a) School lunch increase Section 4(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1753(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Non-performance-based additional reimbursement (A) In general Beginning on November 1, 2025, each lunch served in school food authorities shall receive an additional 45 cents. (B) Adjustment The amount in subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted in accordance with section 11(a)(3) beginning on July 1, 2026. . (b) School breakfast increase Section 4(b)(1) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Non-performance-based additional reimbursement (i) In general Beginning on November 1, 2025, each free breakfast, reduced price breakfast, and breakfast served to children not eligible for free or reduced price meals served in school food authorities shall receive an additional 28 cents. (ii) Adjustment The amount in clause (i) shall be adjusted in accordance with section 11(a)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act beginning on July 1, 2026. .
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