Bill Detail
S. 5318
Congress: 119
Title
Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026
Summary
Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026 This bill establishes a grant program to support summer early reading programs held at schools with a summer lunch site. Specifically, the Department of Education must use funds provided for the program to award competitive grants to state library administrative agencies to enable them to award subgrants to eligible local educational agencies for summer early reading programs held at schools with a summer lunch site. The program is open to local educational agencies that include schools where at least 50% of the students in prekindergarten through grade 3 are (1) reading below grade level at grade 3, or (2) at risk of reading below grade level at grade 3.
Sponsor
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Introduced
2026-08-06
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Bill Engagement
Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026 This bill establishes a grant program to support summer early reading programs held at schools with a summer lunch site.