Requires public schools to provide free breakfasts and lunches to all students attending classes in such school

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how public schools will fund free meals or when exactly the requirements start beyond mentioning the 2026-27 school year.

Free Breakfasts and Lunches for All Public School Students

This act requires all public schools to provide free breakfasts and lunches to every student who attends classes.

What This Bill Does

• Requires public schools to give free breakfasts to students each day they attend school.
• Requires public schools to give free lunches to students each day they attend school.

Who It Names or Affects

• All public school students in Missouri who attend classes.
• Public schools that receive funding from the state of Missouri.

Terms To Know

public school

A school funded by the government and open to all children in a community.

school year

The period during which schools are in session, typically from September to June.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how public schools will fund the free meals.
• Only applies to students who attend classes; it does not cover after-school programs or summer camps.

Official Summary Text

Requires public schools to provide free breakfasts and lunches to all students attending classes in such school

Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1662
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE SEITZ.
3934H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to free breakfast
and lunch in schools.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 191.824, to read as follows:
191.824. For the 2026-27 school year and all subsequent school years, each
2 public school, as such term is defined in section 160.01 1, shall pr ovide each student
3 enr olled in such public school with one free br eakfast and one fr ee lunch each day such
4 student attends classes in such public school.
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EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.