S. 5460
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2026
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2026
This bill permanently increases the federal reimbursement rates for the school lunch and breakfast programs.
Specifically, beginning October 1, 2026, the bill provides an additional 45 cents per lunch served in the National School Lunch Program and an additional 28 cents per breakfast served in the School Breakfast Program. These amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation beginning July 1, 2027.
Text of the bill
Sec. 1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2026.