H.R. 8798

Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026

Sponsor: Ilhan Omar

103 cosponsors
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I School Breakfast Program

II School Lunch Program

III Elementary and Secondary Education Data

IV Amendments to Other Programs and Laws

Sec. 408. Children’s Health Act of 2000

Section 1404(b) of the Children’s Health Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 9859c(b)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking school lunch factor and inserting economically disadvantaged students factor; and

(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:

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(3) Economically disadvantaged students factor. In this subsection, the term economically disadvantaged students factor means the ratio of the number of children in the State who are economically disadvantaged students (as identified under a measure described in section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5))) to the number of such children in all the States as determined annually by the Secretary of Education.