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 17A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766a) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking meal supplements and inserting meals and supplements;
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking meal supplements and inserting free meals and supplements;
(3) in subsection (b), by inserting meals and before supplements; and
(4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
(c) Reimbursement
(1) In general
(A) Meals. A free meal provided under this section to a child shall be reimbursed at a rate of $4.63, adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with paragraph (3)(A) and rounded in accordance with paragraph (3)(B).
(B) Supplements. A free supplement provided under this section to a child shall be reimbursed at the rate at which free supplements are reimbursed under section 17(c)(2)(C).
(2) Limitation to reimbursements. An institution may claim reimbursement under this section for not more than 1 meal and 1 supplement per day per child served on a regular school day.
(3) Inflation; rounding
(A) Inflation adjustment
(i) In general. The annual inflation adjustment under paragraph (1)(A) shall reflect changes in the cost of operating the program under this section, as indicated by the change in the Consumer Price Index for food away from home for all urban consumers.
(ii) Basis. Each inflation annual adjustment under paragraph (1)(A) shall reflect the changes in the Consumer Price Index for food away from home for the most recent 12-month period for which that data is available.
(B) Rounding. On July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, the reimbursement rate for a free meal under this section shall be—
(i) adjusted to the nearest lower-cent increment; and
(ii) based on the unrounded amounts for the preceding 12-month period.
B Mitigating Electronic Access Losses for Students