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Easier Access to Free School Meals for Children

This act aims to make it easier for low-income children to access free school meals. It introduces changes to streamline the automatic qualification process for students and increases financial support for schools and tribal organizations to better manage this system. As a result, more children will receive free lunches, potentially reducing financial burdens for many families.
Key points
Streamlining automatic qualification for free school meals, meaning less paperwork for parents.
Increasing financial support for states and tribal organizations to improve systems for meal program qualification.
Expanding options for schools to offer free meals to all students in high-poverty areas, without individual applications.
Increasing the number of children who can be automatically qualified for free meals based on participation in other assistance programs.
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Additional Information
School MEALS Act of 2021
Print number: S 2663
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Process start date: 2021-08-05