H.R. 5753 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025
Cosponsors: 21 (21 D, 0 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-10
Introduced: 2025-10-14
Latest action (2025-10-14): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
What H.R. 5753 does, in plain terms
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025 This bill permanently increases the federal reimbursement rates for the school lunch and breakfast programs of the Department of Agriculture. Specifically, beginning November 1, 2025, 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, 2026.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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