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S 5318 119th Congress

Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026

A bill to create a new Federal grant program that provides grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during the summer months.

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Introduced Aug 6, 2026 Latest action Aug 6, 2026 Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Agriculture and Food
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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Introduced in Senate Aug 6, 2026

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.

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