Feed Our Kids Act of 2026

This bill would make school breakfasts and lunches free for all children enrolled at participating schools, removing income-based eligibility and reduced-price categories. It sets federal payment rates of $2.80 per free breakfast and $4.63 per free lunch, adjusted each year for food price inflation, and adds extra payments for schools that make at least 25 percent of meals with locally sourced farm products. Schools could not collect unpaid meal debt or single out children with meal debt, and the Secretary of Agriculture would repay schools for existing unpaid meal debt. The bill also makes summer meals, child care meals, and afterschool meals free to all participating children, and would take effect one year after it becomes law.

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Sponsors

• Josh Gottheimer Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors