119th Congress
S. 5318
Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Jeff Merkley(D-OR)
- Introduced
- Aug 6, 2026
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (4)
Original cosponsors (4)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Aug 6, 2026 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. - Aug 6, 2026
Introduced in Senate