SPARK Act
Summary
Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act or the SPARK Act This bill expands automatic eligibility for free school lunches and breakfasts to include children who have been placed in kinship care with a relative or family friend with the involvement of the state child welfare agency. To enroll in the program, a family must document the child's status to the appropriate local educational agency.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 3, 2021
Last action Sep 3, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Sep 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Sep 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Susan Wild
DDemocratic
Co
Adam Smith
DDemocratic
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
Chellie Pingree
DDemocratic
Co
David J. Trone
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Dingell
DDemocratic
Co
Don Bacon
RRepublican
Co
Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Gwen Moore
DDemocratic
Co
Jahana Hayes
DDemocratic
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