The Kids Need Lunch Act makes school lunches free for all children and reimburses schools for past meal debt.
The Kids Need Lunch Act amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make all lunches free for children in participating schools. It also establishes a program to reimburse schools for past meal debt. The act prohibits schools from collecting debt for unpaid lunch charges. The Secretary of Agriculture will design a form for states to collect data on delinquent debt, which will be reimbursed within 180 days of the act's effective date. The act takes effect one year after its enactment.
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