Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026 has not moved since its introduction on Aug 6, 2026, with cosponsors, all Democrats
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 116 words.
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.
- Committees
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food: 14 of 2,036 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.7%)
- Sponsor
- 10 of 507 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 1,008 words
- Latest action
- Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 10058 Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026 D · Introduced