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DE HB 125

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FREE SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower

Description

This Act builds on House Substitute 2 for House Bill No. 125, enacted by the 152nd General Assembly, which extended free meals to students eligible for a reduced-price meal under federal law. This Act expands the availability of free meals by making them available to all public school students attending schools participating in the federal School Breakfast Program or National School Lunch Program. This Act requires public schools participating in the School Breakfast Program to make available free breakfasts to all attending students, regardless of household income. This Act also requires public schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to make available free lunches to all attending students, regardless of household income. This Act requires the Department of Education to reimburse schools for costs of eligible meals not reimbursed by the United States Department of Agriculture under the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program. This Act adds definitions for breakfast, lunch, and eligible meal. This Act also removes the provision about the requirement for meals to follow the meal pattern requirements under the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program because the definitions of breakfast and lunch now include that requirement by reference to federal law. This Act takes effect 30 days following the date of publication in the Register of Regulations of a notice from the Controller General that funds have been appropriated to implement the provisions of this Act. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Introduced
2025-03-13
Status date
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Latest action
2025-04-17 — Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • William Bushprimary
  • Spiros Mantzavinosprimary
  • Madinah Wilson-Antonprimary
  • Melanie Ross Levinprimary
  • David L. Wilsonprimary
  • Marie Pinkneyprimary
  • Eric Morrisonprimary
  • Bryant L. Richardsonprimary
  • Josue O Ortegaprimary
  • Sherae'a Mooreprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-13

    Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

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  2. 2025-03-19

    Not Worked in Committee

  3. 2025-04-15

    Amendment HA 2 to HB 125 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

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  4. 2025-04-15

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 125 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

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  5. 2025-04-17

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 7 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits

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  6. 2025-04-17

    Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

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Related bills

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Official source

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141925

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