Lets military families qualify for more free or reduced-price school meals.
This bill would change how household income is counted for military families applying for free or reduced-price school meals. It would stop counting a military housing allowance as income, which could help more children of service members get these meals. The bill also asks for a study on how to automatically enroll military kids in school meal programs.
Today, the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) for military families is included when calculating their income for school meal eligibility. If this bill passes, BAH would no longer be counted, potentially making more military children eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Additionally, the government would study how to create a system for automatically enrolling these children in meal programs, which is not currently in place.
S 5495 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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