School Meals for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

The "School Meals for Healthy Kids Act of 2025" seeks to enhance the administration of school meal programs by codifying key provisions of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. One significant change allows State agencies that were using Medicaid program data for direct certification of free or reduced-price meals under demonstration projects as of July 1, 2024, to continue this practice indefinitely. Furthermore, the bill makes important amendments to the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) . It permanently sets the CEP multiplier at 1.6 for each school year, which is crucial for determining reimbursement rates for participating schools. The legislation also codifies the CEP regulations as they exist on the date of the bill's enactment, providing stability to the program.