Sec. 207. Meals and supplements for children in afterschool care
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Section 17A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1766a ) is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting Meal supplements ; Meals and supplements in subsection (a)(1), by striking meal supplements and inserting free meals and supplements ; in subsection (b), by inserting meals and before supplements ; by striking subsection
(c)and inserting the following: A free meal provided under this section to a child shall be reimbursed at a rate of $4.63, adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with paragraph (3)(A) and rounded in accordance with paragraph (3)(B). A free supplement provided under this section to a child shall be reimbursed at the rate at which free supplements are reimbursed under section 17(c)(2)(C). An institution may claim reimbursement under this section for not more than 1 meal and 1 supplement per day per child served on a regular school day. The annual inflation adjustment under paragraph (1)(A) shall reflect changes in the cost of operating the program under this section, as indicated by the change in the Consumer Price Index for food away from home for all urban consumers. Each inflation annual adjustment under paragraph (1)(A) shall reflect the changes in the Consumer Price Index for food away from home for the most recent 12-month period for which that data is available. On July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the reimbursement rate for a free meal under this section shall be— adjusted to the nearest lower-cent increment; and based on the unrounded amounts for the preceding 12-month period. ; and by adding at the end the following: A school participating in the program under this section shall not— physically segregate for the purpose of debt shaming or otherwise discriminate against any child participating in the program under this section; or overtly identify a child described in paragraph
(1)by a special token or ticket, an announced or published list of names, or any other means. . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. ) or any other provision of law, effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, as a condition of participation in the program under section 17A of that Act, a school— shall not collect any debt owed to the school for unpaid meal supplement charges; and shall continue to accrue debt for unpaid meal supplement charges— for the purpose of receiving reimbursement under section 211; and until the effective date specified in section 2. Section 17A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1766a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: A school participating in the program under this section shall not collect any debt owed to the school for unpaid meal or meal supplement charges. .
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