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HB1154 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education and to make an appropriation.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education and to make an appropriation.

Budget Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Earl Harris
Last action
2026-01-05
Official status
Introduced House Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information about the exact criteria or funding amounts, leaving these aspects unspecified in the summary.

Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program

This bill establishes a grant program for Indiana's state colleges and universities to help students who struggle with food insecurity.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program to provide grants to state educational institutions.
  • Requires the Commission for Higher Education to designate campuses as 'hunger-free' based on certain criteria.
  • Provides that a grant will be given if at least one campus of an institution is designated as 'hunger-free'.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State educational institutions in Indiana.
  • Students enrolled in these schools who face food insecurity.

Terms To Know

Food Insecurity
When people don't have enough healthy, affordable food to live a normal life.
Commission for Higher Education
The group that oversees higher education in Indiana and decides which schools get grants.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify the exact criteria needed for a campus to be designated as 'hunger-free'.
  • Does not detail how much money each school will receive from the grant program.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-05 House

    Authored by Representative Harris

  2. 2026-01-05 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Education

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education and to make an
appropriation.
Hunger-free campus grant program.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education and to make an
appropriation.

Hunger-free campus grant program.

Establishes the hunger-free campus grant program (grant program) to provide grants to state educational institutions for purposes of addressing food insecurity among students enrolled in state educational institutions. Provides that the commission for higher education (commission) shall provide a grant under the grant program to a state educational institution if at least one campus is designated by the commission as a hunger-free campus. Establishes criteria that a campus of a state educational institution must meet in order to be designated as a hunger-free campus. Makes an appropriation.