H.R. 5167: School Meals Stigma Reduction Act
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H.R. 5167: School Meals Stigma Reduction Act
111th Congress · introduced 2010-04-28 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-04-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
School Meals Stigma Reduction Act
Plain summary
School Meals Stigma Reduction Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow local educational agencies (LEAs) to revise previously submitted meal claims to approve children retroactively for up to 90 days for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch program. Requires children who are eligible for free meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs to be provided the meal that is provided on any given day, regardless of unpaid fees. Requires children who are eligible for reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs to be provided the meal that is provided on any given day, as long as the child pays the reduced-price meal fee that day, regardless of unpaid fees. Directs LEAs that wish to implement a substitute meal policy for children with unpaid school meal fees to ensure that it doesn't stigmatize the children. Requires LEAs to directly certify children who owe at least a week of meal fees as eligible for free meals or provide their households with the materials and encouragement to apply for such meals. Prohibits LEAs attempting to collect unpaid school meal fees from a household from taking any action directed at the household's child or using a debt collector.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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School Meals Stigma Reduction Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] · 0 cosponsors
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5167.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr5167 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111