H.R. 10421
Transforming Education for the Future Act
Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici
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I Support for All Schools to Provide a Well-Rounded Education
A Innovative Teaching and Learning
1 Project-Based Learning Grants
2 Arts Education for All
3 Black History is American History
4 Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History
5 Teaching Hispanic and Latino and American Indian History
6 Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons
7 Full-Service Community Schools Expansion
8 Reading Excellence and Achievement for Development
B High-Quality Assessments and Accountability
1 Promoting Innovative and Holistic Assessment Models
2 State Accountability System Reform
II Support for School Climate and Safety
A Civil Rights
B Educator and Staff Support
1 Professional Development
2 American Teachers
3 Preparing and Retaining All Paraeducators
4 Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff
C School Climate and Safety
1 Fentanyl Awareness for Children and Teens in Schools
A Definitions
B Partnership Grants for Local and State Educational Agencies
C Establishment of Interagency Task Force
D Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
E Amendments to Department of Education Data Collection
F School-Based Health Centers and Reporting
2 Protecting Our Students in Schools
A Purposes; Definitions
B Prohibition of Corporal Punishment
C State Activities and Grant Program
D Additional Provisions
3 Keeping All Students Safe
A Prohibition on Restraint and Seclusion; Additional Requirements
B State Plan; Reporting Requirements; Grants for State Educational Agencies
C General Provisions
4 Safe Schools Improvement
5 School Violence Prevention
6 Expanding Access to Mental Health Services in Schools
7 Right to Read
D Education Research and Development
1 New Essential Education Discoveries
2 National Education Technology Clearinghouse
III Support for Addressing Socioeconomic Barriers to Learning
1 Protecting Public Education
A Protecting Public Schools
B Championing Honest and Responsible Transparency in Education Reform
2 Preschool for All
3 School Meals for All
A Universal School Meals Program
Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
(B) any other private organization providing nonresidential child care or day care outside school hours for school children;
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
(c) Free meals. Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
(1) all meals and supplements served under the program authorized under this section shall be provided for free to participants of the program; and
(2) an institution that serves those meals and supplements shall be reimbursed—
(A) in the case of breakfast, at the rate established for free breakfast under section 4(b)(1)(B)(i) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(b)(1)(B)(i));
(B) in the case of lunch, at the rate established for free lunch under section 4(b)(2)(A); and
(C) in the case of a supplemental meal, $1.20, adjusted for inflation in accordance with section 4(b)(2)(C).
(3) in subsection (f)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
(B) Limitation to reimbursements. An institution may claim reimbursement under this paragraph for not more than 3 meals and 1 supplement per day per child.
(B) by striking paragraph (3); and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3);
(4) in subsection (o)—
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
(5) in subsection (r)—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking Program for At-risk School Children and inserting Afterschool Meal and Snack Program;
(B) by striking at-risk school each place it appears and inserting eligible;
(C) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking AT–RISK SCHOOL and inserting ELIGIBLE; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking operated and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting a period; and
(D) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking only for and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:
for—
(i) not more than 1 meal and 1 supplement per child per day served on a regular school day; and
(ii) not more than 3 meals and 1 supplement per child per day served on any day other than a regular school day.
B Mitigating Electronic Access Losses for Students