Bill > S2752

This bill, the School Hunger Elimination Act of 2019, aims to improve the National School Lunch Program by making several key changes: 1) It requires states to directly certify additional low-income children for free or reduced-price meals, rather than making it discretionary. 2) It provides for retroactive reimbursement to schools and families when a child's eligibility changes during the school year. 3) It expands the Medicaid direct certification process to automatically enroll eligible children in free or reduced-price meals. 4) It increases the reimbursement multiplier for high-poverty schools to provide universal free meals. 5) It establishes statewide demonstration projects in up to 5 states to provide free school meals to all students in eligible schools.