School breakfasts; availability at no cost to students.
Summary
School breakfast; availability at no cost to students. Requires each school board to require each public elementary and secondary school in the local school division to participate in the federal National School Lunch Program and the federal School Breakfast Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and to make breakfast available to any student who requests such a meal at no cost to the student, unless the student's parent has provided written permission to the school board to withhold such a meal from the student. The bill requires the Department of Education to reimburse each public elementary and secondary school for each school breakfast served to a student, with a maximum of one breakfast per student per school day, and provides the formula for determining the state reimbursement rate for such meals. Finally, the bill repeals a provision of law relating to the federal School Breakfast Program that is rendered obsolete by the provisions of the bill.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 17, 2025
Last action Feb 10, 2026
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Nov 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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